Beyond Balance: Navigating the Realities and Pitfalls of Work-Life Integration in the Modern Professional World

Work-life balance” is a pervasive topic in professional discourse, with employers endorsing the concept through workshops designed to assist employees in aligning their work and family obligations. Despite these initiatives, achieving work-life balance proves challenging for many in today’s workforce. This seminar explores the complexity of the “balance” metaphor and sheds light on the ways the metaphor impedes employees from effectively harmonizing work and life commitments. Dr. Allen, drawing on cutting-edge organizational communication research, will present alternative metaphors to empower attendees in navigating the tensions between work and life.

Attendees will:
• Interrogate the “balance” metaphor in work-life negotiations
• Describe different metaphors to frame work-life tensions
• Generate personalized metaphor to guide work-life decisions

Presenter: Dr. Jordan Allen is an interpersonal and family communication scholar, Jordan Allen brings 10 years of teaching and researching experience to help people improve communication in their daily lives. Jordan has published research in several communication journals, including The Journal of Family Communication, Communication Theory, and Communication Annals. She has also contributed chapters to books on a range of interpersonal and family communication topics, including research methodologies, interpersonal conflict, family relationships, and twin communication, to name a few. Jordan believes that the first step to improving lives, organizations, and societies starts with enhancing communication.

The recording and handouts will be available on Niche Academy after the live event as well as our library of over 700 recorded sessions. To access Niche, go to: https://my.nicheacademy.com/floridalibrarywebinars

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