How to Manage Employees in a High Intensity Culture?

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Nowadays, combining the intensive demands of the workplace with the responsibilities at home is a huge challenge. For each employee and even more for their managers! A recent study revealed that employees rely on 3 main approaches (strategies) to cope with the pressure in their workplace to be among the ideal workers. To meet the sometimes unrealistic expectations and achieve career success, an ideal worker has to arrive early, stay late, pull all-nighters, work weekends, and remain tied to their electronic devices 24/7. Despite of the well-documented personal and physical costs attached to these choices. Not surprisingly, a majority of people grapple painfully with how to manage other parts of their lives when they focus single-mindedly on their work (). The solutions they arrive at may allow them to navigate the stresses, but they often suffer dysfunctional consequences. 3 WAYS IN WHICH EMPLOYEES DEAL WITH A HIGH INTENSITY WORKPLACE Employees typically use one of the follow (...) Read more? Sign up for free

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		The Life-Work Divide! Augusto Carreira, Partner, Portugal, Premium Member
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		The Reality of Life... cole, linden, Business School Marketer, Member
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		Managing Employees in a High Intensity Culture is a Strange View Jobson, Consultant, Australia, Member
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		Managing or Mentoring? Tully Lee, Australia, Member
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		Finding Work/Life Balance is not Easy Gandhi Heryanto, Management Consultant, Indonesia, Premium Member
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		High Intensity or High Lack of Planning Maria Montero, Coach, Venezuela, Member
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		How to Change a Culture of Work Presenteeism? Chloe Xu, Director, Australia, Premium Member
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		Work-Life Balance Andrew Craig, Manager, Australia, Member
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