

In bigger organizations, managers who cannot let go may be forfeiting promotion opportunities. Eventually, the business may outgrow the leader’s ability to control it. One of the hazards of entrepreneurism is the resistance to delegation. This article first endeavors to create an appetite for restoration before setting the table with options. Consequently, actual enjoyment is elusive. Indeed, even those who actually take vacations are more likely than not to take their work with them-and this to the detriment of their families who are hungry to reconnect with their loved one. Overshadowing this picture is the possibility of corporate downsizing that increases the workload across fewer resources.Īlthough professionals may comprehend the merits of rest, reprieve, relaxation, and rejuvenation, they may not think plausible any realistic work-life balance relief. The plot along the spectrum for most people is likely skewed toward “impossible immediacy.” The economic reality of both parents needing to work to make ends meet-exacerbated by single parent households-often relegates professionals to indentured servanthood to income production. The spectrum of reality lies within (i) impossible immediacy and (ii) indefinite impracticality. By example, consider this hyperbolic leader-to-subordinate directive: Invent a pancreatic cancer immunization by 7:00AM tomorrow morning. Stress may also impair the creative juices of innovation. However, the corpse may be more than a physiological casualty. He offers suggestions on ways to achieve a work-life balance that includes fun. In this article John Lanier says the antidote to distress is rest, reprieve, relaxation, and rejuvenation. The clients with whom the distressed professionals interact may detect the symptoms before the advisor/consultant does. Work-life balance depends on a manageable mix between the two and mismanagement has serious consequences. Eustress (pleasant or curative stress) is inspirational and motivational. Two types of stress punctuate personal experience.
