essay on balancing act in about 400 words (it is based on Chemistry Chapter-1 Chemical Reaction and Equations) It's a competition on story telling
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The next thing that happened caused me to go green with envy, and for about a fortnight I questioned everything about my lop-sided life. Mandy Pooler announced she was resigning her post as the chief executive of MindShare and taking up an as-yet-undefined role at WPP. The green sting in my side was that she was to do an agreed three-day week. How on earth had Mandy achieved this? How had the conversation gone with Sir Martin Sorrell, a man well known for regularly achieving three breakfast meetings before seven in the morning? I could only conclude that WPP wanted to retain her talent and that three days of Mandy's own style of brain power were definitely better than none.
So I emerged from my mini life crisis. I knew I would never achieve work/life balance, indeed I didn't want to, but I could now see the real point of the Retention of Talent working party.
Retaining talent, be it male, female, gay, straight,black or white, is essential to the future health of our industry. There is a strong commercial logic to it. As an industry we spend a lot of money on search fees, we then invest heavily in training and all too often lose talent because we fail to provide flexible working practice solutions. We also fear telling our clients - after all, we aim to provide a 24/7 service - which is rather strange given that so many of them operate very developed work/life balance programmes. In fact, the research we commissioned through Flametree Life Solutions, with government sponsorship, was very clear in demonstrating just how far we have fallen behind our clients in this area.
This leads me to my latest experience. Nicki Hare, a managing partner at Walker Media, with ten years of experience under her belt, returned to work in April after six months' maternity leave. I'd be lying if I said those six months did not cause me and our all-male senior management to work longer hours; indeed our lives went further out of balance. However, Nicki is back working a four- day week, our clients know, and we feel la difference. It works because Nicki has a fantastic track record, she is confident about the value of her contribution and manages her time exceedingly well. She remains flexible and she is sensitive to her full-time colleagues. Above all, she appreciates it is not an entitlement, it is a practical solution to retaining her talent. She has most, if not all, of the characteristics required for effective work/life balance.
It's early days, but so far, so good.
Both examples I've quoted involve women. This is either a coincidence or simply a reflection of women's greater sense of the roots of fulfilment.
That said, my response to any male member of staff would be just as supportive, so long as I could see that their request was both well earned and would have a long-term benefit for both the employee and company alike.
There is, of course, a significant difference between establishing guidelines and instituting policies. Company policies are just that - they are for the company. They are there to ensure that the company is strong and healthy and protects individuals within it.
Work/life balance is not about the company, it is all about the individual and so I believe it is up to the individual to take responsibility for deciding their own "balance
and then articulating this to the company or, more specifically, to their manager. If the company can in turn satisfy the particular requirements of each individual, then you have the perfect balance. We will support the cause by example, not through some fancy corporate philosophy or mission statement.
So I've gone from being an uncomfortable participant in developing best practice guidelines for our industry to being a cautious supporter. I won't change, it suits me to be out of balance, but unlike a few colleagues within the industry I do see the need to change. All I hope is that no-one else lets our industry down and that those of you reading this article who are happy to be obsessive in your work, my advice is - go for it
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