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shan-v

Work-Life Balance Quiz - Canadian Mental Health Association - 0 views

www.cmha.ca/...work-life-balance-quiz

week 3 work-life balance quiz mental health

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  • shan-v on 21 Sep 14
     
    Of course an online quiz is no substitute for proper counselling, but this resource can help people to start thinking about whether their work/life balance in working for them or whether they should consider changes so they can get the most from their career. I chose this resource not only because of this week's discussion post topic, but also because of Chapter 6 of The Shift, where a healthy work/life balance is shown to be an essential part of the Crafted Future narrative.
amycloutier

Forget Work Life Balance - Seven Paradigm Shifts for The New 24/7 Normal - 2 views

www.forbes.com/...-shifts-for-the-new-247-normal

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  • amycloutier on 17 Sep 14
     
    This site takes a different look at work life balance. Although it doesn't address working late hours on personal time, it does offer some interesting ideas.
christinawright

Work/Life Balance - Canadian Mental Health Association - 0 views

www.cmha.ca/...worklife-balance

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  • christinawright on 21 Sep 14
     
    Assessing our mental health is not as simple to do as measuring our physical health. There are no scales or endurance tests that rate mental fitness. But with the help of the Canadian Mental Health Association's Mental Health Meter, you can reflect on your unique strengths and identify areas where your level of mental fitness could be improved to help you cope with all of life's up and downs.
  • christinawright on 21 Sep 14
     
    As a volunteer for the CMHA, I am an advocate for their website and useful resources! As part of this week's readings on what we are looking for in our working lives and what trade offs we will need to make, I feel that these resources are a helpful read. Take the time to see where you can make improvements to your mental fitness! I like to schedule "Christina time" every week :)
Rob Straby

The Economist Insights - Expert Analysis and Events | The democratisation of learning - 1 views

www.economistinsights.com/...democratisation-learning

trends economist analysis elearning

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  • Rob Straby on 29 Sep 14
     
    This is a well-research and balanced article from the British magazine 'The Economist". It provides an accurate overview of the status of online learning. It's shortfall is that it is primarily focussed on US data.
Melinda Mah

What Makes a Healthy Work Environment? - Healthy Environments - 0 views

www.health.gov.bc.ca/...healthyworkplace.html

week 6 healthy work environment ministry of health BC

shared by Melinda Mah on 13 Oct 14 - No Cached
  • Physically inactive employees cost employers $488 more per year in more in sick time, benefits and lost productivity
    • Melinda Mah
      Melinda Mah on 13 Oct 14
       
      It's to the employer's and owner's advantage to encourage good health in the medium- and long-term.
  • Employees who smoke cost companies $3,396 more each year
    • Melinda Mah
      Melinda Mah on 13 Oct 14
       
      Yet another reason not to smoke - it makes sense considering all the ill effects of smoking that we now know about.
  • Mental and nervous disorders have replaced musculoskeletal conditions as the top conditions causing long-term disability.
    • Melinda Mah
      Melinda Mah on 13 Oct 14
       
      Now that it's become the more common thing, perhaps some of the stigma will go away, especially when it comes to fear of being fired or not promoted in a workplace.
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  • encourage workers to take responsibility for their own health, safety and wellness and contribute to creating a healthy work environment
    • Melinda Mah
      Melinda Mah on 13 Oct 14
       
      No one understands a person's health like that person.
  • create environments that make the healthy choice the easy choice
    • Melinda Mah
      Melinda Mah on 13 Oct 14
       
      This is important to do in many aspects of life. If fast food wasn't junk food, people would probably still choose it because it's easy.
  • promote work-life balance and make work a healthy life experience
    • Melinda Mah
      Melinda Mah on 13 Oct 14
       
      This shows employers care about their workers. It also means that there will be higher retention. For companies who are afraid that young people will leave after a year or two at their company and who refuse to train young people, it seems like this would be one of a bunch of ways to encourage employees to stay with that company. Treating employees well and caring about them makes tham more likely to stay.
  • jobs are challenging
    • Melinda Mah
      Melinda Mah on 13 Oct 14
       
      This is a good point that success only comes when jobs are challenging. Many people in low-paying jobs are unhappy because they do the same thing day-in, day-out, and it doesn't require much thought.
  • employees have adequate resources to do their job
    • Melinda Mah
      Melinda Mah on 13 Oct 14
       
      This reminds of jobs where employees have to bring in their own stuff to make their workplace happy, or even functional. Specifically, this reminds me of the elementary school teachers who are given a tiny budget that isn't even adequate for providing everyone with pencils for a year, let alone all the books, paper, markers, chalk and other teaching supplies.
  • Lower absenteeism
    • Melinda Mah
      Melinda Mah on 13 Oct 14
       
      Definitely true. If I had absolute independence in middle school, I would have skipped a lot of my classes and gone to do something else more interesting - like go to the library and read a bunch of books. As well, many people will show up but not actually do work. Because many people are paid either a) an hourly wage or b) to show up during certain hours, it encourages workers to be less effective with their time.
  • lexibility – allowing employees to have some capacity to adapt their workday to respond to family issues such as a child becoming ill or one who has special needs, school visits and parent-teacher interviews or special needs of elders. It typically includes family responsibility leave for employees. Supportive supervisors/managers whose management style values staff and is characterized by a desire to help employees achieve better balance between work and the rest of their lives. A culture that is family friendly - overall attitudes, beliefs, values and taken-for-granted ways of doing things that support work-family issues as legitimate workplace concerns, and as an opportunity to develop ‘new ways of working’.  Options include maternity, paternity, family and personal leave provisions. Alternative work arrangements – options are available to employees including daily or scheduled flex time arrangements, job-sharing, reduced hours, compressed work week, family leave options, part-time work, gradual retirement, telecommuting, other leaves and sabbatical options. Such alternative work arrangements are seen as ways of working, and employees using them are not sidelined, marginalized or belittled. Recognition of child and elder care issues including support for child care, providing access to a service regarding child or elder care, establishing on-site child care or, developing a consortium with other employers in order to provide emergency child care. This includes accommodating the needs of employees who are breastfeeding their children.
    • Melinda Mah
      Melinda Mah on 13 Oct 14
       
      In this list of reasons, all except one are family-oriented. I'm guessing only parents and children count as making a "family" for many people. Personally, I don't plan to have kids, and one of my parents passed away shortly after I finished high school. I hope this flexibility extends to family needs for couples who won't/can't have kids. Also, I wonder if this flexibility will extend to pet emergencies? What counts as a valid pet who is member of the family? For example, I can see a workplace sympathetic to a dog or cat, but maybe not to hermit crab.
  • Melinda Mah on 13 Oct 14
     
    A page of the BC Ministry of Health website that outlines what makes a healthy work environment. It's most important for the business itself to promote health because it makes it easier for all employees to be healthy and productive. Annotated Link: https://diigo.com/05nyj6
  • Melinda Mah on 13 Oct 14
     
    A page of the BC Ministry of Health website that outlines what makes a healthy work environment. It's most important for the business itself to promote health because it makes it easier for all employees to be healthy and productive. Annotated Link: https://diigo.com/05nyj6
nmjanzen

Partnering to Compete: Strengthening Ontario's Economic Competitiveness - 0 views

www.mfoa.on.ca/...kground-Paper-October-2008.pdf

competition partnerships municipal government globalization

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  • nmjanzen on 06 Oct 14
     
    In 2008 the Municipal Finance Officers' Association published a 27 page document that I find quite fascinating. It addresses the challenge that municipalities have in finding a balance between embracing local strengths, working within the framework of government and competing on a global scale. It breaks Ontario into different regions, talks about each regions' strengths, identifies stakeholders and suggests ways that all parties can work together to strengthen Ontario's competitiveness on a number of scales.
shawnaderksen

Gender Differences in Precarious Work Settings.: EBSCOhost - 3 views

web.a.ebscohost.com.libproxy.wlu.ca/...pdfviewer

job differences gender

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  • shawnaderksen on 27 Sep 14
     
    In this week's course notes the idea of the precarious worker caught my attention. Many health issues as well as discriminatory issues are seen while doing precarious work as it is not long term and there is constant change. This article outlines and defines what the precarious worker is and the gender differences in the precarious work environment. To give one example, the article states that women represent more precarious workers than men being 33%:12%. This automatically gives way to questions regarding sex discrimination in full time work and brings in the idea of women trying to have a work/life balance for their family.
  • shawnaderksen on 27 Sep 14
fawneferguson

Flexible Work Arrangements - 0 views

hrcouncil.ca/...workplaces-flexible.cfm

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  • fawneferguson on 12 Dec 14
     
    As we explored, many of the "traditional" workplace settings are being forgotten, and new ways of working are being introduced, as more people want more of a work-life balance, and as companies downsize their workforce. This article explores the benefits of flexible workplaces and the benefits they have for employees. However, it does not explore the negative impacts this kind of work can have on employees
kthoonen

A Simple,Helpful Guide to Overcome Consumerism - 0 views

www.becomingminimalist.com/consumer-isnt

trends capitalism

shared by kthoonen on 10 Dec 14 - No Cached
  • kthoonen on 10 Dec 14
     
    In "The Shift", Gratton mentions 'the traditional deal at work: to be paid, to consume stuff and bring happiness'. In the future, we need to make choices to live a more balanced life. Our experiences will bring us more satisfaction and happiness than buying things with money. This guide may help us see the benefits of owning and wanting less.
jscharrer

Footprint for Nations - 0 views

www.footprintnetwork.org/...footprint_for_nations

shared by jscharrer on 07 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • Each country has its own ecological risk profile: Many are running ecological deficits, with Footprints larger than their own biological capacity
  • a resource accounting tool that helps countries understand their ecological balance sheet
  • It is almost certainly the case that countries and regions with surplus ecological reserves—not the ones relying on continued ecological deficit spending—will emerge as the robust and sustainable economies and societies of the future
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