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| JulieBaka - 5:13 PM on Jul. 16, 2008 |
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The next article for discussion is tbe summary of the book CEO of Me.
A have pasted in the information from the back cover. The article will show up in the break room on Thursday. I will also put the audio file on the public drive if you all want to take a listen.
We are going to have another breakfast discussion. Date will be on the paper tomorrow.
Happy reading and discussing!
JULIE
From the Back Cover
You are the CEO of your life—you, and nobody else. You can establish the new rules that will help you achieve true balance between work and the rest of your life—and make your entire life easier, better, and happier. Now is the time to take control. This is the book that will get you there.
CEO of Me is like no other “work and personal life balance” book you’ve ever seen: there are no clichés here and no one-size-fits all solutions. Instead, Drs. Ellen Ernst Kossek and Brenda Lautsch help you identify the work and personal life “pattern” you currently fit into—and how to move toward one that’s more productive and comfortable for you, one step at a time. As leading North American researchers on work and personal life balance, Drs. Kossek and Lautsch draw on their unparalleled research insights. You’ll learn how to identify the personal triggers that stress you most... make technology work for you, not against you...leverage today’s newest work options... and make the practical changes that lead to true fulfillment on and off the job.
• Tips, quick diagnostics, real tools, and expert strategies
Complete hands-on resources for making the changes that lead to a fulfilling life
• Know your personal Flexstyle pattern...
Are you a Fusion Lover? Reactor? Firster? Captive? Job Warrior? Quality Timer?
• Make the small changes that make a huge difference
Choose the changes that work best for you and your Flexstyle
• Learn how to leverage your Flexstyle
in positive ways Increase your effectiveness at work and home
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| SarahLittle - 9:44 AM on Jul. 17, 2008 |
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Looking forward to this! Get coordinated with Jason for a good time for Breakfast so he can plan his budget.
What kind of food does everyone want this time?
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| JulieBaka - 3:51 PM on Jul. 17, 2008 |
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Questions for CEO of ME….
1)Do you feel the psychological contract has changed between employers and their employees in the past 5 years, 10 years, 20 years, 50 years?
2)Were you surprised at the size of your life buckets?
a.Did you include all the time that you spend getting ready for work, thinking about work, driving to work, etc…
3)In the past month, have you felt your work and personal life were in conflict?
4)Did you recognize yourself and others in the flexstyles out of the article?
5)Can you tell a story of a critical incident that made you re-evaluate your Work/Home relationship?
6)Can you see other uses for the steps in “Cycle of Change for Transforming Flexstyles?”
7) In the storage industry do you see it as being flexible for its employees?
8) The three suggested solutions to leading change in the workplace:
a.Clean up your own backyard and neighborhood.
b.Engage in dialogue to change attitudes and culture.
c.Improve work process.
Are these suggestions limited to flexstyles or do they have broader uses?
9)What are some examples of work-life policies that you have heard of?
10)Are you going to make any life changes as a result of reading this article?
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| Anonymous - 1:39 PM on Jul. 26, 2008 |
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1)Do you feel the psychological contract has changed between employers and their employees in the past 5 years, 10 years, 20 years, 50 years?
I just finished reading a book by Jacob S. Hacker called the Great Risk Shift. It has some really interesting statistics about the changes that have acurred between companies and the people who work for them. I know that my grandparents and my parents generation both believed if you were loyal to your employer then your employer would take care of you.
2)Were you surprised at the size of your life buckets?
I did a very similar exercise a number of years ago when my husband and I went through the book and program called "Your Money or Your Life" (A great program if you want to get incontrol of your finances) anyways in this program you counted every minute that you worked and that you got ready for work and you drove to work and you thought about work and then you took all those hours and divided it by you salary to determine your actual salary per hour. It was extremly enlightening. So I was not surprised when I did the life buckets.
a.Did you include all the time that you spend getting ready for work, thinking about work, driving to work, etc…
3)In the past month, have you felt your work and personal life were in conflict?
I feel that my work and personal life are pretty well in balance. Every once in a while I need to remind myself that I am not at work so I shouldn't be worried about a work issue.
4)Did you recognize yourself and others in the flexstyles out of the article?
Yes. I know some of all types.
5)Can you tell a story of a critical incident that made you re-evaluate your Work/Home relationship?
I believe that having children caused the most need to re-evaluate my work/home equations.
6)Can you see other uses for the steps in “Cycle of Change for Transforming Flexstyles?”
Yes I think these steps can be used in other areas of life as well as just changing the work home relationship.
7) In the storage industry do you see it as being flexible for its employees? I think PhoneSmart has LOTS and LOTS of flexibility for its employees. I wonder about some of the live on site managers. I would think that it would be almost impossible if I was a manager to not work. If I saw something that needed to be done and it was supposed to be my day off.
8) The three suggested solutions to leading change in the workplace:
a.Clean up your own backyard and neighborhood.
b.Engage in dialogue to change attitudes and culture.
c.Improve work process.
Are these suggestions limited to flexstyles or do they have broader uses?
I think these 3 steps are true for all change. I always really appreciate it when the flight attendent tells me I can not help anyone else with there oxegan mask until I have put on my own. I just think this is an extremely true metaphor for life I can not help any one else untill my own backyard is under control.
9)What are some examples of work-life policies that you have heard of?
Right now I am drawing a blank I'll come back to this question later.
10)Are you going to make any life changes as a result of reading this article?
I am not planning on any changes at this time. Yet I am always trying to grow and improve and I believe that I got a few tools and a little more food for thought from reading this article.
JULIE
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| JulieBaka - 1:40 PM on Jul. 26, 2008 |
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1)Do you feel the psychological contract has changed between employers and their employees in the past 5 years, 10 years, 20 years, 50 years?
I just finished reading a book by Jacob S. Hacker called the Great Risk Shift. It has some really interesting statistics about the changes that have acurred between companies and the people who work for them. I know that my grandparents and my parents generation both believed if you were loyal to your employer then your employer would take care of you.
2)Were you surprised at the size of your life buckets?
I did a very similar exercise a number of years ago when my husband and I went through the book and program called "Your Money or Your Life" (A great program if you want to get incontrol of your finances) anyways in this program you counted every minute that you worked and that you got ready for work and you drove to work and you thought about work and then you took all those hours and divided it by you salary to determine your actual salary per hour. It was extremly enlightening. So I was not surprised when I did the life buckets.
a.Did you include all the time that you spend getting ready for work, thinking about work, driving to work, etc…
3)In the past month, have you felt your work and personal life were in conflict?
I feel that my work and personal life are pretty well in balance. Every once in a while I need to remind myself that I am not at work so I shouldn't be worried about a work issue.
4)Did you recognize yourself and others in the flexstyles out of the article?
Yes. I know some of all types.
5)Can you tell a story of a critical incident that made you re-evaluate your Work/Home relationship?
I believe that having children caused the most need to re-evaluate my work/home equations.
6)Can you see other uses for the steps in “Cycle of Change for Transforming Flexstyles?”
Yes I think these steps can be used in other areas of life as well as just changing the work home relationship.
7) In the storage industry do you see it as being flexible for its employees? I think PhoneSmart has LOTS and LOTS of flexibility for its employees. I wonder about some of the live on site managers. I would think that it would be almost impossible if I was a manager to not work. If I saw something that needed to be done and it was supposed to be my day off.
8) The three suggested solutions to leading change in the workplace:
a.Clean up your own backyard and neighborhood.
b.Engage in dialogue to change attitudes and culture.
c.Improve work process.
Are these suggestions limited to flexstyles or do they have broader uses?
I think these 3 steps are true for all change. I always really appreciate it when the flight attendent tells me I can not help anyone else with there oxegan mask until I have put on my own. I just think this is an extremely true metaphor for life I can not help any one else untill my own backyard is under control.
9)What are some examples of work-life policies that you have heard of?
Right now I am drawing a blank I'll come back to this question later.
10)Are you going to make any life changes as a result of reading this article?
I am not planning on any changes at this time. Yet I am always trying to grow and improve and I believe that I got a few tools and a little more food for thought from reading this article.
JULIE
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| Anonymous - 5:01 PM on Jul. 29, 2008 |
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I was very surprised of the size of my life buckets I Think about work all the time how many shops we have left, how many CD's need burnt everything. my life is in work mode 24/7. I like seeing whats going on the social network I check my work e-mail from home. Even though I do all of that I never get tiered of work. I have found over the years if I love my job I am always thinking about my job. And still have lots of time for friends and family.
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| Ann - 12:36 PM on Aug. 4, 2008 |
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1) Yes! 50years ago, women were just being accepted in the workplace and the computer was just being invented. 20years ago computers were becoming pretty common in the workplace, and the fax machine was catching on. 10 years ago many people had a home computer, and many were starting to purchase cell phones. In the past five years, a large percentage of employees have many home computers, blackberrys, fax machines, etc. so they can be "at work" rom anywhere!
2)No
3)No
4)Not myself, but I do see many people that I know in this article.
5)No
6)Yes, these steps can be applied to life in general. How teens juggle their schoolwork time with friend-time, how children juggle sleeptime with playtime, etc.
7)Not too much in the storage industry itself. Most storage facilities have very small staffs - with only one or two employees per store. This makes it difficult for a parent to attend school functions or take a child to the dentist, etc.
8) There are a huge number of uses for the three suggested solutions to change, and I will vote for anyone for President that will follow them and attempt to implement them!
9) telecomutin, flex time, sharing hours
10) no |
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| SarahLittle - 8:58 PM on Aug. 4, 2008 |
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1)Do you feel the psychological contract has changed between employers and their employees in the past 5 years, 10 years, 20 years, 50 years?
I can't say that I've been part of the job force for 20 years, or really even 10, since my previous jobs were really part-time college student jobs rather than a career, but I know that PhoneSmart has changed a lot over the past 5 years. The opportunities here would fit any of these flexstyles.
2)Were you surprised at the size of your life buckets?
a.Did you include all the time that you spend getting ready for work, thinking about work, driving to work, etc…
I had a pretty good idea of what they were, but when I was honest, the work bucket took up more than I wanted it to.
3)In the past month, have you felt your work and personal life were in conflict?
Yes
4)Did you recognize yourself and others in the flexstyles out of the article?
Yes - I am a content Volleyer, but when work demands that I Integrate, that makes me overwhelmed.
5)Can you tell a story of a critical incident that made you re-evaluate your Work/Home relationship?
Kids are a big one! A few days of working too much and then looking at a precious baby will give you a reminder of what's important in life.
6)Can you see other uses for the steps in “Cycle of Change for Transforming Flexstyles?”
The most important part for me was seeing that you have to WANT to change to really make a different habit and break the old one.
7) In the storage industry do you see it as being flexible for its employees?
I don't think that being a storage manager is as flexible as working at Google. They have business hours and are often the only property managers.
I also know that storage owners don't have a free ride - they have a lot of business matters to take care of and they can never really take a vacation because work always comes first, even if they are a Family Firster.
Even in my job, I have to keep moving the online marketing along - there's no time off from that. So I have to purposely Volley it for it's alloted time in my shedule or else it Integrates and I am unhappy
8) The three suggested solutions to leading change in the workplace:
a.Clean up your own backyard and neighborhood.
b.Engage in dialogue to change attitudes and culture.
c.Improve work process.
Are these suggestions limited to flexstyles or do they have broader uses?
That's good advice for any time you find yourself pointing the finger at someone else or see an undesirable trend in your environment. If you 1 - take care and concern yourself with the things you have control over or an influence on 2- talk positively about change, rather than complain and 3 - improve your processes and help others who want the input then you can change the world.
9)What are some examples of work-life policies that you have heard of?
? (having a brain fart) nothing comes to mind - it's late and time to volley from work to bedtime :-)
10)Are you going to make any life changes as a result of reading this article?
Yes, I hope to get a shedule set and compartmentalize my work time a little bit better from my family time and not let the two blend so much. I do prefer to get some things done at home, but I feel stressed when my home time is sucked up by all my extra projects. I think better time management while I'm at work is one way I can limit the time I have to work from home.
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| Joel - 4:49 AM on Aug. 5, 2008 |
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1)Do you feel the psychological contract has changed between employers and their employees in the past 5 years, 10 years, 20 years, 50 years?
I believe it has a little. Now you see different companies trying to accommodate the wishes of some of their associates. You see the corperate world trying to adapt to make sure that their workers are being taken care of. At the same time, you see the extreme opposite. There are companies that do not care about the wishes of the associate. If you can not do the work, do not work there.
2)Were you surprised at the size of your life buckets?
a.Did you include all the time that you spend getting ready for work, thinking about work, driving to work, etc…
Surprising no. I knew where I was and it is sad.
3)In the past month, have you felt your work and personal life were in conflict?
No not really.
4)Did you recognize yourself and others in the flexstyles out of the article?
yeah. After the article I could see how some people I know are having some issues with their life buckets.
5)Can you tell a story of a critical incident that made you re-evaluate your Work/Home relationship?
Well. Just recently I made a career change leaving Best Buy because I didn't have the opportunity to see my family as often as I would have liked. I have been applying to become a manager at Best Buy and got turrned down six times. I had to realize, why am I applying for a job which is going to take me away from my family even more. So it just made sense to change careers because my climb up the corporate ladder would take me further and further away from my family.
6)Can you see other uses for the steps in “Cycle of Change for Transforming Flexstyles?”
yes, the steps made sense and if someoen is really serious about evaluting their life and wanting to change, I am sure it can work. We are goign to evaluate a "volleyer" that I know.
7) In the storage industry do you see it as being flexible for its employees?
Yes. That is why i moved to this type of career. It works for our company, but sometimes managers at the storage facilities work all the time and live on site. Do they get the opportunity to make life work for them? I don't know, I have never been in charge of a self storage facility.
8) The three suggested solutions to leading change in the workplace:
a.Clean up your own backyard and neighborhood.
b.Engage in dialogue to change attitudes and culture.
c.Improve work process.
Are these suggestions limited to flexstyles or do they have broader uses?
Both, they can be used in to help or change a flexstyle, but they could make a bigger impact in other ways.
9)What are some examples of work-life policies that you have heard of?
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10)Are you going to make any life changes as a result of reading this article?
I believe my flexsyle "Family first seperator" Is good. But I will still look at ways to improve my life. |
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