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Others Others. Other uncategorized cookies are those that are being analyzed and have not been classified into a category as yet. Oddly, the Great Recession proved to be a turning point. While certainly no less stressful in many ways, the recession often meant fewer hours at work for many employees — albeit, often involuntarily.
People, especially parents, furloughed or unemployed were able to reconnect with their personal lives. As the economy slowly rebounded, employees were reluctant to go back to the old company-first mentality. Today, work-life balance seems to me, at least to be less about pleasing others and fitting a commercially-packaged expectation. That generation that grew up in childcare — you may know them as Millennials — are demanding options that seemed totally unrealistic to previous generations of workers.
AI and other technologies seem poised to help employees actually get work done, rather than just providing electronic nagging. The line between at work and at home is blurring, but in a more positive way. For example, I love volunteering with charitable organizations in my community. I know myself, though. My rule: I can participate in two weekly activities or one weekly activity and two monthly activities.
Remember, too, what you want changes over time and in response to a myriad of factors. Having children alters your priorities, for example; as do health issues for you or a family member.
At The Coaching Tools Company we like to get clients away from devices and distractions. We want to help clients slow down so they can connect more deeply with themselves and what truly matters. Coaching Tip: have your client print out this exercise and fill it in with a pen, rather than complete an online version.
Just holding a pen and being away from a screen will help clients have a better result. When we score our satisfaction levels against each of the wheel categories, this gives us a great helicopter view of what is - and isn't - working for us in life.
The client rates their satisfaction with each category on the wheel by drawing a line to rate the different segments as to how satisfied they are in each area. Once completed the wheel will likely look 'bumpy'. The client may then choose to set goals or create an action plan around the areas of life where satisfaction is low. You can also use this tool regularly with the same client to check in.
Doing this will help you both see how your client's life balance progresses during the coaching relationship. In this busy world it can be hard to know how we really feel. We may look at our lives and say, "Oh yes, I'm happy". But when we get into the detail, there are often dis-satisfactions and areas that can be improved.
This tool works because it gives a fast overview of how satisfied a client is with their life. The visual scores enables both client and coach to see which life areas the client feels good about—and which may need some work.
Ideally, the coach will then dig deeper into the results using coaching questions to discover what specifically is getting in the way of a client's ease and happiness. The next step is often to brainstorm and come up with an action plan. Then, when action planning, a client can prioritise and begin with the areas of their life that have the lowest scores. The goal is to identify actions to raise their satisfaction levels. I believe the Life Balance Wheel is the most flexible tool in any coach's toolbox.
It demonstrates first-hand the power of coaching. And it can also be used as a check-in tool throughout the coaching relationship. The wheel also makes a great handout for workshops and can be adapted through labelling the wheel segments differently, or simply asking coaching questions to delve deeper to almost any coaching situation—and there are many more ideas below.
There are endless possibilities for exploring the Wheel of Life Exercise results with your client. You could choose to look at their life overall and how it feels. Another ideas is to delve into one or more specific segments to understand the source of any issues identified.
And you can brainstorm actions to raise their scores - for just a few ideas. Simply use your coaching skills to coach your client more deeply around their answers. It can be helpful to use the GROW model. Then explore the R - reality of that situation. Often what holds our clients back is a lack of conscious awareness about a situation.
This might be how they feel or how they're getting in their own way. So, while the Wheel of Life Exercise is usually used for life balance; a blank wheel can be used to understand almost any situation more deeply. And once your client is more aware of how they feel - and the factors at play in their current situation - you can coach them to identify actions or goals to improve it.
So, that's just a few ways you can customize the Wheel of Life Exercise for specific types of clients to get the most from this incredibly powerful tool! The wheel is a powerful and ancient symbol - deeply embedded in the human psyche. It suggests movement, the cycle of life, change, the opportunity to steer our life, balance, sustenance and more.
And I believe this symbolism runs deep in our consciousness. I also believe the wheel is a client favourite because it gives people an instant helicopter view of their life. This knowledge allows people to see for themselves which areas of their life feel good - and which need working on.
And this is empowering! It allows our clients to make different choices as to where they focus their time and energy for a more satisfying life. Life Balance is personal and unique to each individual; what may be satisfying or balanced for some may be stressful or boring for others. Crucially, the Wheel of Life Exercise raises a client's awareness. It's this that allows the client to plan a more satisfying life that's closer to their own unique definition of balance.
It's also helpful to assess balance over time. A regular check-in eg. You can do this with them, or recommend they do it for themselves. But remember that balance is rarely achieved for long - as life shifts and changes often.
It's helpful to remind clients that the goal is not to "achieve" life balance. Instead, the idea is to ensure they are moving "towards" rather than away from it. Balance and self-care are under-rated skills in our society. As coaches we are therefore perfectly positioned to help clients take better care of themselves. This is a question I am sometimes asked probably because I'm so enthusiastic about this tool! Because it's such a familiar tool to us, we forget that most people have probably never even seen it!
And if our client has seen the wheel before - that's great! It means they already know how to complete it, and you can spend more time delving into issues and brainstorming actions! Another important thing to remember is; even if your clients have done the coaching wheel before, their answers will be different today than when they completed it 3 months ago.
What the Life Balance Wheel does is provide an snapshot of people's life satisfaction. And this changes over time - sometimes from one week to the next!
So, if your client has seen this exercise before, it's a benefit! But make sure you're clear why you're using it with them now. This means ensuring they know what they're going to get out of doing it again with you! At The Coaching Tools Company we want to get people off devices and using pen and paper. So although we've looked at creating an online version of the wheel - we don't want to! An online version would keep people connected online when we want them connected to themselves!
It's not technology that's inherently bad, instead it's all about how we use it. This has worked like a charm for me, and gives the best of both worlds! Lastly, another idea is to send in the life balance wheel via snail mail in your Welcome Packet.
This is what I did when starting out with my new clients - see 7 Suggestions For a Client Enrollment Process that Rocks for more ideas. The Wheel of Life Assessment is an extremely powerful and flexible tool.
However you use the wheel, it gives people an insight into themselves.
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