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1. The Wheel of Work Life
Balance
Rudy Van Damme
Veronique Maes

2.  For the first time in 25 years managers are
willing to take a step back in terms of salary and
career opportunities to preserve the quality of
their private life.
 56 % of them would refuse a promotion in order
to preserve their work-life balance
 “…to search the best fit between personal and
private ambitions and the goals, common values
and ambitions of one’s employer and this by
focussing on selfmanagement, knowing oneself,
selfcoaching and self)learning”
Ref: 1.”Personal Balanced Scorecard” Scriptum Mgt 2006/Hubert Rampersad
2. “Association of Executive Search Consultants “(AESC)
The Wheel of Work Life Balance

3. Work Life Balance : what are whe
looking for?
◦ Efficiently managing one’s
responsabilities .
◦ Feeling of steering one’s life.
◦ Physically, emotionally, mentaly, socially
and spiritually healthy.
◦ To be able to make the right choices.
◦ Being able to just be (acceptation)
◦ Both at home and at work.

4. Copyright R.J.Van Damme

5. Philosophy of American-Natives
The Medicine Wheel

6. The Medicine Wheel
NORTH
MENTAL Level
MIND - TO THINK
AIR
WHITE RACE
WEST EAST
PHYSICAL LEVEL SPIRITUAL LEVEL
BODY- TO ACT SOUL- TO BE
EARTH FIRE
BLACK RACE YELLOW RACE
SOUTH
EMOTIONAL LEVEL
HEART-TO FEEL
WATER
Copyright R.J.Van Damme
RED RACE

7. Physical Emotional
Mental Spiritual
The Wheel of Work Life Balance

8. Physical
◦ Body
◦ Our home
◦ Healthy food
◦ Adequate amount of exercise, rest & sleep
◦ Often overlooked
◦ Action (to materialise) TO DO
◦ No time- power-results- hardware
Company level : products & financial status
In balance : solid, flexible, quick recovery
No balance : feeling weak, tense,
Over-Underweight, often on sick leave
Physical
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9. La sagesse de notre corps

11. Food for Energy
• Lot’s of carbohydrats (fruits & vegetables) preferably organic
• The right combination (meat/vegetables or potatoes /vegetables)
• Little meat (preferably none)
• Little or no coffee
• Little or no tea
• Little or no alcohol or soda’s
• No sugar! Little salt.
• Lot’s of water (1-1,5L per day)
• Eat less- eat less- eat less
• Fresh food
• Larger part of food intake in the first part of the day. Less in the
evening
• In between meals: nuts, raisins (no candy!)
• Min.30 min of exercise per day.
Copyright R.J.Van Damme

12. First Aid Physical Imbalance
◦ Adjust nutrition, move, exercise
◦ Drink more water (please)
◦ Get more sleep
◦ Breathe
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13. Mental
◦ IQ, rational, personality
◦ Logic, strategy, problem solving
◦ Gaining knowledge
◦ Mental power-cognitive strategies- mastering the
subconscious
◦ Level of concentration
◦ TO THINK
◦ The programme –NEEDS TIME-mind over body-
brainflex-detail
◦ Focus
Company : know-how, planning, goals
Balance :
constructive, decisive, inventive, disciplined, clear
vision, mentally strong Mental
No balance : instability, worry,
unrest, doubt, lack of mental power
unable to make decisions
The Wheel of Work Life Balance

16. The brain

17. Our brain?

18. Aron Ralston

19. QI unbalanced?
 First aid
Seek distraction, empty your mind, mantra,body.
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20. Emotional (EQ)
◦ Being in touch with one’s feelings
◦ To define and manage one’s emotions
Emotional
◦ To “feel” people, communication
◦ To express one’s feelings
◦ TO FEEL
◦ Electricity-fun-humor-flow
◦ Outside of time
Company : people, relationships
Balance : harmony, joy, inner force, optimism, good
atmosphere, cooperation, dialogue, networking…
No balance : insecurity, fear,
nervousness, worry, jealousy,
tensions,…
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21. Emotions

22. EQ
 Bingo!
 Repressed E-motions
 The shadow
First Aid:
Manage/ Focus on
Express
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23. Spiritual SQ
◦ Creativity
◦ Insight (who am I, what is my mission?)
◦ Intuition, compassion, absence of ego Spiritual
◦ Silence, observation…
◦ TO BE
◦ To forgive, to let go, mission, synchronicity
◦ Values
◦ Software
◦ TIMELESS
◦ Silence
Company : mission, visionairy leadership, inspiration…
Balance : trust, peace, let
go, creative, awareness, consciousness, being in the moment, bird’s
eye view
No balance : fear of loosing control, no connection, no life purpose,
feeling divided, often living in past and/or future
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24. First Aid SQ
 Bird’s eye view
 Let go
 Silence
 Meta position
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25. Food & Body Expression
Results Manage
Action-To do To feel
Hardware Relationships
Power Electricity
No-time Out of time
Brain- subconscious Transcendence , non-ego
Analyse-think Mission -To be
Focus Intuition-silence
Software Operating system
Mental power To let go, to forgive
Detail Synchronicity, creativity
Needs time Timeless

26. FQ : Productivity, financial health ,result(s)
IQ : Know how, organisation, strategy,
management plan, processing…
EQ : Cooperation, teamwork, networking,
communication, atmosphere
SQ : Values, vision, mission
Wheel of WorkLife Balance on a
company level

27. Physical Emotional
Mental Spiritual
YOUR Wheel of Work Life Balance?

28. Name: Date:
Decision Physical Zone:
Physical Emotional
Decision Mental /IQ Zone:
Decision Emotional Zone:
Mental Spiritual
Decision Spiritual Zone:
Action Sheet WLB

29. Thank You!