The Importance of Work-Life Balance

IT Solutions & Services Providers who want to offer their customers the best possible service need to first think about how their employees are feeling at work.

Conversations around mental health and work-life balance have become more common-place in all aspects of our lives.

Our Co-Founder Tim Davey tells us why work-life balance is so important to IT Solutions & Services Providers:

“An important aspect to achieving better mental health across your business is improving choices around work-life balance.

With the pressures of modern working life and increasingly demanding work cultures it’s sometimes easy to lose sight of a harmonious relationship between life in and out of work.

The stresses of the COVID-19 pandemic coupled with the transition to home-working blurred the lines further between them.

On top of this, the imminent return of commuting and an increase in office-based work will affect this also.

It’s an important time to be shining a light on the importance of a good work-life balance.

There are a few areas where you can work on your work-life balance:

1. Take personal responsibility for your work-life balance

This means working smart not long, ensuring you take breaks away from the computer, drawing lines between work and leisure.

For many of us at InfraView a big factor in improving our mental health is exercise. Factor in time for exercise and activities that improve your well being.

2. Talk about problems you’re facing

As they say, a problem shared is a problem halved.

Being open with your work colleagues, family and friends will help you to work through problems you have. On top of this, there are many great organisations where you can seek advice and help for mental health problems.

From a business perspective, there are many benefits to creating a good work-life balance across your employees:

Better productivity
Happier employees
Increased staff retention
Increased company growth
Improved service delivery
Happier customers

By thinking about ways you can improve the choices around work-life balance for your employees, both they and your business will experience an increase in satisfaction and productivity.”