Welcome back to another episode of the Inclusion in Progress Podcast with your host, Kay Fabella! Today Kay will be discussing the key points to having healthy work-life boundaries. She will be going over the five ways to create your own personal boundaries in the workplace and your everyday life that will help to ensure your well-being and your mental health, as well as your professional performance and success. Each individual has a different story, with different needs and accommodations that must be considered, and there is no-one-size-fits-all solution. 

 

So today Kay will be sharing her insights on what managers and employees in a remote environment can do to look after their mental health through clear boundaries, whether it’s in your place of work or in your off time!

 

Kay also dives into tools that are available to each of us that we can utilize to make communication easier while working with teams remotely, and also to help make workplace interactions more effective and encourage trust-building for teams.So, without any further ado, let’s dive into today’s episode.

 

In This Episode:

 

[3:00] Ways that Inclusion In Progress operates as a fully remote team.

[7:30] What exactly are boundaries and why are they important?

[13:30] Helpful tools we’ve found in our work that we recommend for communicating with remote teams to help establish boundaries and balance.

[15:55] How to understand when the appropriate time is to slow down and regroup as a remote team member.

[22:00] How can we create a virtual workspace where everyone feels safe, welcome and supported to set and honor each other’s boundaries? 

[23:40] Boundary-setting is the key to a healthy work-life balance, and it’s all about respect.

[28:40] How do we move this idea of productivity to the collective team in a way that honors equity and inclusion?

Links

Download our 2021 Future of Work Culture whitepaper.

Ready to partner with us on a tailored DEI solution for your company? Get in touch today for a complimentary call.

Read our Forbes features on Ways to Support Employee Mental Wellbeing, What Self Care Looks Like For Us, and How to Create Effective Online Diversity Training.

Read more of Microsoft’s The New Future of Work research initiative. 

Learn how to leave a review for the podcast.

So today Kay will be sharing her insights on what to do and how to handle different situations, whether it’s in your place of work or in your off time, on how best to move forward and maintain a healthy relationship with work and life! 

 

Kay also dives into tools that are available to each of us that we can utilize to make communication easier, and also to help limit workplace interactions and encourage time off! So, without any further ado, let’s into today’s episode.

 

In This Episode:

 

[3:00] What’s new and exciting with the Inclusion In Progress team?

[7:30] What exactly are boundaries and why are they important?

[13:30] Kay shares various helpful tools that are recommended to use for communicating with those around you to help establish boundaries and balance.

[15:55] Kay helps us understand when the appropriate time is to slow down and regroup.

[22:00] Every individual is different, with unique situations in the workplace and in life. How can we create a space where everyone feels safe, welcome and supported? 

[23:40] Boundary setting is the key to a healthy work-life balance, and it’s all about respect.

[28:40]How do we move this idea of productivity and what you do as an individual, to the collective team? How can we further collaborate and help one another thrive?

 

Links

Download our 2021 Future of Work Culture whitepaper.

Ready to partner with us on a tailored DEI solution for your company? Get in touch today for a complimentary call.

Read our Forbes features on Ways to Support Employee Mental Wellbeing, What Self Care Looks Like For Us, and How to Create Effective Online Diversity Training.

Read more of Microsoft’s The New Future of Work research initiative. 

Learn how to leave a review for the podcast.