Lack of Work/Life Balance

Are you an executive or professional facing constant and unrelenting pressure to put in long hours? For anyone who's in a position of significant responsibility, the number of 50 and 60 hour weeks often just piles up. Even executives' direct reports face similar work pressures.

The damage to your family life can be irreparable.

Your kids take a back seat, as do relationships, a situation that can create tremendous personal stress for you and your family.

Not only can this make you significantly less productive at work, it also affects your health.

A recent study found that people experiencing significant work-life conflict were:

• 30 times more likely to suffer from a mood disorder such as depression
• 10 times more likely to have an anxiety disorder
• 11 times more likely to have a substance dependence such as heavy drinking

Obviously, these issues affect your life and your happiness. They also affect your career:

• You may experience Career Atrophy - a gradual shrinking of career skills and options.
• You may become dependent on others to advance your career.

Find A Balance And Get Moving

Many executives and professionals become completely reactive, only doing something about their career when it's too late. You could let your life take a back-seat to a career that is not satisfying your needs, or you can grab the wheel and steer your career to where you need it to be.

Without careful, thoughtful planning and strategies, your career can get out of balance – sometimes before you recognise it. By having a well-designed set of goals and a modern, strategic system of career management, you can prevent this from ever happening – or turn around a career that's already out of balance.

The result? More drive and energy in your work, more time for other things you love in life, and no goals that seem unattainable. This is how we define success.

EPR is here to help with careers that work for YOUR life. To find a new perspective, arrange a free consultation with an EPR career management expert. Let us help you bring the inspiration back into your career and get you moving up the corporate ladder. Our Consultants can quickly help you identify areas that will give quick results for taking your own life back, and they can help you to find goals and strategies that will make permanent, potent changes that improve your life in the long-run.

Click here to arrange a free, no-obligation career consultation now.