A Model for a Healthy Work-Style^TM

What is a "Healthy Work-Style^TM"?

When it comes to well-being at work, much is said about work-life balance, but in truth, work-life balance is only a part of the picture.

A Healthy Work-style^TM is a way of working and a way of being at work that engenders optimum well-being for yourself and your business.

It involves developing skills, attitudes and behaviours that deliver positive results for your career and for your organisation.

The Model - A Summary

The model identifies nine fundamental components that deliver those positive results, grouped into three development zones. Each component has both personal and professional impact. Development in each zone brings professional & business benefits as well as personal rewards:

The Empowerment Zone

Key components: Awareness; Purpose; Sovereignty

The Capacity Zone

Key components: Efficacy; Adaptability; Spaciousness

The Functioning Zone

Key components: Balance; Integrity, Self-Management

The Empowerment Zone

This is the foundation of a healthy work-style^TM. The kind of attitudes developed here are those of ownership and self-responsiblity, openness, and engagement. Working with the components of this zone, you will gain understanding of your values and drivers and discover how to take control of your career and your business.

The Capacity Zone

This is the zone of resources and potential, your abilities and your belief in them. Self-esteem is vital as it brings a sense of competence and confidence. Working with the components of this zone, you can find out to what extent you limit your self/career and how you can expand those horizons. Develop creativity and be innovative - for your company and for your own fulfillment.

The Functioning Zone

This is about action and interaction - how you do what you do; how you manage yourself and others; how you balance your needs with business needs, and how you express yourself in the workplace. It is here that most people focus their attention as this is where the symptoms of unhealthy workstyles manifest themselves (e.g. stress, "the too-busy disease", poor people/project management skills, work-aholism, strained relationships, ...etc).

Working with the components of this zone, you can resolve stress and time management issues. You can improve your work-life balance, become more authentic and develop professionally in a way that supports both you and your career.  

Development in all three zones allows you to connect up the dots between who you are, what you want and how you function at work.

This is a model of depth and breadth. Each element can be worked with individually or in combination with any of the others. To find out more, please contact Helen Ross-Hamilton on 01506-467970