3 rules for better work-life balance | Ashley Whillans | TED Talk

Does it feel like your days off are filled with work interruptions? In "3 rules for better work-life balance," Harvard Business School professor Ashley Whillans explains how and why the "always-on" work culture is not only ruining our personal well-being, but also our work productivity and goals, and overall corporate wellness. In this TED Talk, Whillans offers three practical steps for setting boundaries at work that stick, so you can enjoy a healthier work/life balance. She also discusses how the pandemic and the rise of remote working have offered fresh opportunities to develop a workplace of the future that better respects our time and need for rest.

Learning objectives:

• Describe why always being on-call for work harms personal and corporate well-being. Create new strategies to set better boundaries at work. Develop new strategies as a manager to prevent employee burnout