A New Approach for Managing Work-Life Boundaries

What can you do to take advantage of connectivity without being overthrown by the disadvantages? The answer begins with how you aim to fulfill the responsibilities of your work and personal relationships.

There are three important concepts that can help you understand how you currently manage the boundaries between your work and personal life:

  1. Your behaviors: How do you manage work or family interruptions?
  2. Your identity: Where do you prefer to invest your time and energy?
  3. Your perceived control: How much control do you feel you have over how you fulfill your work- and family-related roles and responsibilities?

These three ideas support many different ways of managing the work-life boundary ...

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