In a sentence: Uses the experience of Britain’s top business people to show how to achieve a successful work/life balance Today’s managers and executives are cash rich but time poor. They are increasingly pressured to succeed in their careers and be available 24.7 but there is growing awareness of the cost this has on their personal lives. In Beating the 24/7, Winston Fletcher addresses ambitious, middle-to-senior management executives who are looking for a successful work/life balance. He will show how it can be done by interviewing the most senior people in British management to see how they overcame the strains on the route to the top. He will cover: Planning: how far did they consciously plan their work/life balance? Prioritisation: how and when did they put work or family first?; Difficulties: what were the key problems in achieving the balance? Travel: Did they ration their travel? What effect did absences have? Organisational Responses: Did their companies help or hinder them? Family Life: How did they keep close to their families? Help and Advice: What, if any, were the sources of help and advice? Relaxation: Did they have a social life independent of work? Crises: What did they do when a family crisis interfered with work?
Book Details:
- Author: Winston Fletcher
- ISBN: 9780470855584
- Year Published: 2003
- Pages: 256
- BISAC: BUS085000, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS/Organizational Behavior
About the Book and Topic:
In a sentence: Uses the experience of Britain’s top business people to show how to achieve a successful work/life balance Today’s managers and executives are cash rich but time poor. They are increasingly pressured to succeed in their careers and be available 24.7 but there is growing awareness of the cost this has on their personal lives. In Beating the 24/7, Winston Fletcher addresses ambitious, middle-to-senior management executives who are looking for a successful work/life balance. He will show how it can be done by interviewing the most senior people in British management to see how they overcame the strains on the route to the top. He will cover: Planning: how far did they consciously plan their work/life balance? Prioritisation: how and when did they put work or family first?; Difficulties: what were the key problems in achieving the balance? Travel: Did they ration their travel? What effect did absences have? Organisational Responses: Did their companies help or hinder them? Family Life: How did they keep close to their families? Help and Advice: What, if any, were the sources of help and advice? Relaxation: Did they have a social life independent of work? Crises: What did they do when a family crisis interfered with work?
A book that will be easy to read but cover a critical issue for today’s business executive – how to be successful and have a happy home life.
· Gap in the market for a book aimed at ambitious individuals who want to work hard but stay sane, employed and married! · Based on first-hand interviews with top business people. · Written by professional writer who has had exposure in all the leading national papers and trade publications. · A look at the ‘road to the top’ of successful business folk and their struggle to strike a work/life balance · Wide appeal which will go beyond just business executives · Enables readers to calibrate their own ‘Work/Life Ratio’
About the Author
WINSTON FLETCHER is Chairman of the Royal Institution and of The Advertising Standards Board of Finance. He is a Trustee of Barnardo’s and of the Open College of the Arts, is a Visiting Professor at Lancaster University Management School and is on the Advisory Council of the Barbican. He launched two successful advertising agencies and has been Chairman of the Advertising Association, a President of the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising and a Council Member of the Advertising Standards Authority. He was founder Chairman of the World Advertising Research Center. He has published ten books and well over 1000 articles in national newspapers and magazines. His books include: The Admakers; Teach Yourself Advertising; Meetings, Meetings; SuperEfficiency; Tantrums and The Manipulators (a novel).