Tag: work-life balance

1 in 2 workers have admitted their bosses don’t send sick employees home, 2 in 5 have said work overload and stress is rife, and 1 in 3 have said inadequate training is provided.

Research, commissioned by Prospa, shows that more than half (54%) of small business owners spend 6-7 days a week on their business, with one in four (28%) working 7 days a week.

In fact, of the 38 OECD countries Australia was ranked 30th for work-life balance with 13.2% of our population working very long hours. That may not sound like much, but when you compare it to the 0.5% of the Netherlands, it puts things in perspective.

You may have read Emma Johnson’s recent article on Forbes, ‘Can these panties disrupt the $15 billion feminine hygiene market?’ (28/5/15), detailing how US-based...

We all know hard work is part of the start-up mantra. Long hours, big deadlines, after hours networking, dinner with important clients, and hustling hard...

Are your colleagues your close pals? Do you comment and ‘like’ each others' Facebook photos without reservation? If you do, it seems you’re not the...

Nigel Marsh is the bestselling author of Fat, Forty and Fired and Overworked and Underlaid and the Regional Group CEO of Young and Rubicam Brands for Australia & New Zealand. In this presentation from TEDxSydney 2010 in May, he makes four observations about finding work life balance. Apparently it involves having sex four times a day (and walking the dog).

With technology making it easier to connect with one another through social media, the general impression is that we are all coming closer together. However, as Nigel Malone heads off on his first holiday in four years, he considers whether perhaps the reverse is happening -- that our increased social networking capabilities make it harder to leave work behind.

He won a Chinese kickboxing title by pushing opponents out of the ring. He regularly analyses his own blood to identify trends. And he...