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# The Work Balance Matrix
Learning and coaching programs to help you eliminate burnout and do more of what you love.
# Hello!
Welcome to The Work Balance Matrix! I’m Allison and I help high achievers like you learn how to eliminate burnout, create balance, and align work with career interests (so you can FINALLY get ultimate fulfillment and joy at work AND at home).
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The benefits don't stop there! The Work Balance Matrix doesn't only help professionals seeking balance and fulfillment - it inherently supports people managers and organizations align priorities, create role clarity, enhance psychological safety, while ultimately improving outcomes, productivity, and engagement.
Everyone can win.
# Seeking Meaningful Work
“Almost 60% of workers... have said they want more work life balance, to have a better life, and enjoy their families and fun time. We have to create work experiences that are meaningful, fun, and enjoyable for people, not just ask them to do more. The best way to overcome [quiet quitting] is to make work better for people and more productive, and they will throw more energy into their jobs.”
 – Josh Bersin, 2023
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# About Us
Employees and organizations thriving together!
Day-to-day fire-fighting, endless meetings, and piling on work is not sustainable. It also takes away from your ability to reach your full potential, and be fully present at home.
Work and well-being don’t need to be on the opposite ends of a spectrum. Meaningful work adds to a fulfilling life – the Work Balance Matrix, offered through our programs, helps you do more of what you love – both at work and at home. We refer to this as ‘career well-being’ – liking what you do every day (Gallup, 2022).
During our engagements, a workplace well-being expert will share a game-changing tool, the
Work Balance Matrix, to bring balance into your life, while aligning your work with your career aspirations.
Read more about how Work Balance programs bring results to your company.
> "I was feeling burned out and unsure what I should do next in my career, but going through the workshop gave me a new prospective. With that prospective came the drive to make the necessary changes and take control of my career again. Absolutely a phenomenal workshop!"
Anna, Wells Fargo
Unlike traditional approaches, the Work Balance Matrix not only helps professionals identify and root out the causes of burnout but also empowers them to create meaningful changes in their careers so they may do more of what they love and achieve optimal career well-being.
In our programs, participants assess their work on dimensions that impact work balance and career fulfillment. They then plot those responsibilities across the four Work Balance Matrix quadrants: Responsible, Strategist, Advisor, and Supporter - each representing a distinct work persona. By reflecting on their desired persona, participants evaluate how to best align their work to that persona; and further capture time they spend in each quadrant, and identify what specific challenges get in the way of maintaining balance.
With their completed matrix, participants formulate a personalized action plan to more effectively balance work and align their time with what brings them purpose – within the bounds of their current role, while aligning to their career aspiration. In turn, organizations benefit from having a more engaged and committed workforce – increasing overall productivity and quality of work, while combatting quiet quitting.
# Our Programs
### Work Balance Workshop
Virtual or in-person half-day workshop for up to 12 participants.
MATERIALS
* Work Balance Matrix learner guide
* Work Balance Matrix digital template
* Certificate of completion
* $3120 + $80 per person (material and licensing)
+ travel & expenses for in-person workshops
### Work Balance Coaching
Virtual coaching, leveraging the Work Balance Matrix across three sessions.
APPROACH
* Two 90-minute sessions
* One 45-minute follow-up and debrief
* $1800 / package (includes licensing)
### Train-the-Trainer / Train-the-Coach Certification
Want to scale the Work Balance Matrix at your organization or to your coaching clients? We offer train-the-trainer / train-the-coach programs to expand the program with your audience.
# What You Can Expect
By combining self-reflection exercises, personalized guidance, and actionable strategies, our programs equip individuals with the insights and tools they need to proactively create a balanced and fulfilling work life, leading to greater engagement, reduced burnout, and a renewed sense of purpose.
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# Work Balance Pays
Work you love is a foundation of a life well lived. When you do what you enjoy, motivation and productivity come easily. The Work Balance Matrix not only addresses the quality of ones work, but also the quantity to ensure prevention of burnout. The primary causes of burnout are an unmanageable workload, lack of role clarity, and lack of support from one’s manager.
## Work Balance Outcomes
### Balanced Workload
Burned out employees are 2.6x more likely to leave their employer, Employers with employees that have a balanced workload are both more likely to stay and be more productive.
### Career Pathing
Getting definitive on the work you love helps to highlight the shifts needed to obtain greater career
well-being and to get on the best path for your career.
### Aligned Priorities
When everything is a priority, nothing is a priority. The Work Balance Matrix provides a format for a productive conversation on what to focus work efforts on to ensure what’s important gets done.
### Manager Visibility
Managers gain visibility into everything on their team’s plates – in turn offering opportunities that better match employees’ interests, while finding solutions to create balance.
### Role Clarity
When employees are clear on their role, work is less frustrating and more productive. Clear expectations and accountability reduces friction in getting the job done seamlessly and without unnecessary confusion.
### Psychological Safety
Psychological safety allows people to have honest non-judgmental conversations on difficult topics with a focus on finding solutions.
The Work Balance Matrix offers an objective format to discuss challenging topics such as workload, work / life balance, and shifts in responsibilities.
# More Information
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!!!Allison DeTitto2 min readIn the Playground Experiment, a teacher brought her students to a public playground, where there was no fence. On a separate day, the...0 comments4 likes. Post not marked as liked4
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# The Playground Experiment... and How it Relates to Home / Work Boundaries
!Allison DeTittoSep 4, 20232 min read
In the Playground Experiment, a teacher brought her students to a public playground, where there was no fence. On a separate day, the teacher brought the same students to the playground which was now fenced. How do you think the fence played into the children's behavior?... Take a moment to consider and then scroll for the surprising results...
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In the first (non-fenced) scenario, the children remained huddled near the teacher and did not use the full playground space. The second scenario had dramatically different results, with the children feeling free to explore all areas across the playground that had the given boundaries. The fence acted as a visible cue of acceptable behavior - in this case, how far it is okay to stray.
If you now work remotely, have you noticed this missing 'cue' that is disrupting your boundary with work? Leaving the computer in the office and driving home after work was a clear cue of disconnecting from work. While there are so many benefits to working remotely - we lost that explicit cue of turning work off. At home, it is so easy to bring your laptop to the sofa... dinner table... and dare I say it... to bed... before disconnecting. This can easily lead to burnout, disrupted sleep, and misalignment with values by allowing work to trickle too heavily into home life.
So what can you do to make an amazing opportunity of working remotely work for you? The 'intention' of shutting down by 5PM/17:00 at the end of the day isn't the most inspiring or obvious boundary. Consider more clear boundaries that truly act as a trigger that the workday has ended. If you have the luxury, create a dedicated office space at home. When you're in that office, you're "on", when you're out, you're "disconnected". I once went as far as painting my office space a different color and decorated the space differently to truly create a visual distinction from the rest of my home.
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