Intelligent use of mobile technology can help you find balance

There was an interesting article in the Financial Post yesterday, about the balance between work and personal life with mobile technologies. I can tell you the story of a ex-boss who was sleeping with his Blackberry; or a Chief Strategist at BCE who answered my email 30 minutes later, at 8 PM. Several people face the pressure of always been available and always keep their cellphone "on".

Almost 60% of Canadians employed outside the home cannot balance their work and family demands, said the report in the article. When a corporation ask management and/or simple employees to be available 24h/24h this balance is definitly worse.

From an organizational perspective, managers can expect to see a higher level of presentness, in which employees are at work in body, but not in spirit. "They show up, but they're not working hard, and they're not engaged. They're not being as robust as they can at the job." People may find themselves barking at others unnecessarily, and unable to cope with change.

Read more: http://www.financialpost.com/small-business/business-solutions/story.html?id=2980517#ixzz0ngMfvhMK

Louis Rhéaume

Infocom Intelligence

louis@infocomintelligence.com