news backgroundMake Your “Workday” Work for You with Work-Life Integration

Make Your “Workday” Work for You with Work-Life Integration

By Gabriel Birky PohiriethPublished: 26/04/2022

You finish dinner and then join a conference call with a co-worker in a different time zone. The next day, you wake up early for another cross-country collaboration, followed by taking that “Thank You” card to your friend that you’ve been putting off before getting back to work.

These are all examples of work-life integration.

You’ve probably already heard of work-life balance, but what is work-life integration? How can blurring the lines between work and life be useful for employees and businesses in today’s ever-increasing digital world? Let’s find out about what it really is and how you can implement it to increase flexibility and satisfaction with employees.

Work-life integration in a nutshell

In the digital world of today, following the effects of the pandemic, what we once called work-life balance is harder to come by. But, separating the boundaries between work and life has become even more difficult due to remote work.

The basic premise of work-life integration is to blend work responsibilities and what goes on in your life so that you can have more flexibility. As opposed to work-life balance, where the aim is to clearly separate the boundaries between a set span of working hours and the rest of your day.

By managing schedules and prioritising effectively, you can focus more on the results, and less on the time spent doing it. In fact, according to the Gartner 2021 Digital Worker Experience Survey, 43% of employees found their productivity increased with more flexibility in their work hours.

On top of that, having more flexible work-life integration allows you to accomplish things in your personal life when you need to. Need to take a break here to pick up your kids from school? No problem! Finish those emails when it works for you.

Implementing work-life integration successfully

An essential point to remember is that the goal isn’t for employees to blur the lines to the point of excess. Instead, the goal is to adapt to the realities of life and work to best fit each person’s style.

To start implementing work-life integration, employees can do various things:

  • Establish your approach: Not everyone needs that much flexibility (or wants it). Determine what working style works best for you!
  • Prioritise and Schedule: plan what needs to be done and when based on when you can be most productive.
  • Maintain healthy boundaries: blending work and life too much can cause negative outcomes. Make sure to maintain a balance within your integration.

For employers, some of the best ways to support this are:

  • Communicating with employees: Be flexible with employees to find out what schedules work best for the work that needs to be done and their personal lives.
  • Focus on results: The classic 9-5 where you need to be in the office to get things done is gone for many. You might even see more productivity with more flexibility!

As we continue towards a digital and flexible world, workplaces must evolve with it. Is work-life integration the next step for your business productivity?

Transparency is an essential value for Appvizer. As a media, we strive to provide readers with useful quality content while allowing Appvizer to earn revenue from this content. Thus, we invite you to discover our compensation system.   Learn more
News backgroundJust In! The top news of the web - Week 32
News
12 August 2022
Just In! The top news of the web - Week 32
What should you take away from the news this week? Tools for localized online-to-offline marketing, how to improve ROI during recession by investing in media, the danger of deepfakes, tips to nurture talent for accounting firms, and much more.
News backgroundJust In! The top news of the web - Week 31
News
5 August 2022
Just In! The top news of the web - Week 31
What should you take away from the news this week? 8 content marketing metrics marketers should care about, how federal scrutiny of mobile location data might affect marketers, Google delays third-party cookie deprecation, the talent textbook, and much more.
News backgroundJust In! The top news of the web - Week 30
News
29 July 2022
Just In! The top news of the web - Week 30
What should you take away from the news this week? LinkedIn continues to see “record levels” of engagement and session growth, new Facebook feed format, whole-person safety, ICPRS Summit 2022, and much more.
News backgroundAccounting Industry Guidelines for Going Green
News
25 July 2022
Accounting Industry Guidelines for Going Green
Climate change is an essential topic of discussion in today's world, and the accounting industry can make a change. Discover the standards and principles established by international accounting bodies that can help make an impact.
News backgroundJust In! The top news of the web - Week 29
News
22 July 2022
Just In! The top news of the web - Week 29
In this episode, we’re going to learn more about: The Teads Attention Program, the end of third-party cookies, the next big cybersecurity threat, the impact of digital tax on accountants, and much more.
News backgroundBringing AI and Marketing Together at MAICON 2022
News
22 July 2022
Bringing AI and Marketing Together at MAICON 2022
Ready to implement AI into your marketing strategies? If you’re a digital marketer, read on to discover MAICON 2022 and learn how AI can help plan, produce content, personalize your product, and more!
News backgroundBacking Cybersecurity at Black Hat 2022
News
19 July 2022
Backing Cybersecurity at Black Hat 2022
Cybersecurity is essential for all businesses. At Black Hat 2022, computer security pros can discover the latest information, trends, and training. Learn more here!
News backgroundJust In! The top news of the web - Week 28
News
15 July 2022
Just In! The top news of the web - Week 28
In this episode, we’re going to find out more about: LinkedIn’s new “Business Manager" platform for B2B marketers, the intermediate or advanced level of cloud usage, what you can do about increases in employee disengagement, carbon reduction in the accountancy sector, and much more.
News backgroundJust In! The top news of the web - Week 27
News
8 July 2022
Just In! The top news of the web - Week 27
In this episode, we’re going to find out more about: tips on maximizing your reels content approach on Instagram, the rise of cloud data and cloud complexity, the benefits of small accounting firms, the growth of multi-access edge computing spending, and much more.
News backgroundJust In! The top news of the web - Week 26
News
1 July 2022
Just In! The top news of the web - Week 26
In this episode, we’re going to find out more about: metaverse spending increases, the Gartner tech growth and innovation conference, low-code as a trending platform, the benefit and the challenge of remote work and office work, and much more.