Gail Godreau
MBA, Professional Co-Active Coach
A Work-Life Balance Doesn't Exist: Introducing Work-life Integration for Greater Business and Personal Sucess and Prosperity
Presentation Synopsis:
We need a new approach to work, one that is innovative in leveraging our People and their Passion for professional and personal success.
Work is important. It allows us to use our talents, make an impact, create community, support our families, and contribute to the economy. However, it is taking a significant toll on the workforce both business leaders and working professionals.
Statistics say that up to 87% of employees are disengaged. And the number one reason people visit their doctor, and the number one prescription given, is for depression. We need a better solution.
So many working women and men have struggled for so long to find 'Work-Life Balance', only to be disappointed, frustrated, and embarrassed that they couldn't achieve what they thought their neighbours, 'The Jones', appeared to have done. Why is this so hard? Because Work-Life Balance doesn't exist! And it likely never did.
Our world is changing, at an increasing rate. We live in a time of always-on, hyper-connected-yet-disconnected, 24/7/365 access. It is illogical to think we can parcel a portion of our lives to be all work, and another to be all life (In fact, I suggest that life is not the opposite of work, but the container for work).
It's time to let go of the relentless pursuit of Work-Life Balance and, instead, cultivate greater 'Work-Life Integration', to significantly increase our chances of prospering THROUGH our work (not in spite of it) AND thriving in the life that surrounds it!
And when we have greater Work-Life Integration, we cultivate '3E Prosperity TM: Prosperity of the Employee, Employer and Economy'.
Speaker’s Bio: Gail Godreau is a Work-Life Integration Coach, Consultant and Speaker and owner of Lighthouse Wellness Strategies. She works mostly with small business owners and professional women and men to help them 'prosper THROUGH their work (not in spite of it) and integrate it with the life that surrounds it'.
She has an MBA and over 20 years of business experience including corporate roles in marketing, advertising, food service, and HR consulting and over 6 years as an entrepreneur in the coaching/consulting/speaking field. She works at the intersection of business and humanity connecting the dots between business goals and the people who achieve them.
As a Professional Co-Active Coach, Gail's gift is using her client-centered curiosity to evoke powerful conversations that uncover your own wisdom and move you toward a business and life of more success, impact and prosperity!
As a professional speaker, she has delivered numerous presentations ranging from keynote addresses to day-long workshops to associations, businesses and not-for-profit organizations.
Gail increases 'Work-Life Integration' (not balance) by helping individuals create more meaning and fulfillment in their work AND life so they can bring their 'A-game' to both. And she helps them 'stop spending Sunday dreading Monday' and, instead, 'live every day like it's Friday'!
As a result, her clients are better poised to 'SUCCEED in their business and PROSPER in their life!' (Learn more at www.lighthousewellness.ca.)
MBA, Professional Co-Active Coach
A Work-Life Balance Doesn't Exist: Introducing Work-life Integration for Greater Business and Personal Sucess and Prosperity
Presentation Synopsis:
We need a new approach to work, one that is innovative in leveraging our People and their Passion for professional and personal success.
Work is important. It allows us to use our talents, make an impact, create community, support our families, and contribute to the economy. However, it is taking a significant toll on the workforce both business leaders and working professionals.
Statistics say that up to 87% of employees are disengaged. And the number one reason people visit their doctor, and the number one prescription given, is for depression. We need a better solution.
So many working women and men have struggled for so long to find 'Work-Life Balance', only to be disappointed, frustrated, and embarrassed that they couldn't achieve what they thought their neighbours, 'The Jones', appeared to have done. Why is this so hard? Because Work-Life Balance doesn't exist! And it likely never did.
Our world is changing, at an increasing rate. We live in a time of always-on, hyper-connected-yet-disconnected, 24/7/365 access. It is illogical to think we can parcel a portion of our lives to be all work, and another to be all life (In fact, I suggest that life is not the opposite of work, but the container for work).
It's time to let go of the relentless pursuit of Work-Life Balance and, instead, cultivate greater 'Work-Life Integration', to significantly increase our chances of prospering THROUGH our work (not in spite of it) AND thriving in the life that surrounds it!
And when we have greater Work-Life Integration, we cultivate '3E Prosperity TM: Prosperity of the Employee, Employer and Economy'.
Speaker’s Bio: Gail Godreau is a Work-Life Integration Coach, Consultant and Speaker and owner of Lighthouse Wellness Strategies. She works mostly with small business owners and professional women and men to help them 'prosper THROUGH their work (not in spite of it) and integrate it with the life that surrounds it'.
She has an MBA and over 20 years of business experience including corporate roles in marketing, advertising, food service, and HR consulting and over 6 years as an entrepreneur in the coaching/consulting/speaking field. She works at the intersection of business and humanity connecting the dots between business goals and the people who achieve them.
As a Professional Co-Active Coach, Gail's gift is using her client-centered curiosity to evoke powerful conversations that uncover your own wisdom and move you toward a business and life of more success, impact and prosperity!
As a professional speaker, she has delivered numerous presentations ranging from keynote addresses to day-long workshops to associations, businesses and not-for-profit organizations.
Gail increases 'Work-Life Integration' (not balance) by helping individuals create more meaning and fulfillment in their work AND life so they can bring their 'A-game' to both. And she helps them 'stop spending Sunday dreading Monday' and, instead, 'live every day like it's Friday'!
As a result, her clients are better poised to 'SUCCEED in their business and PROSPER in their life!' (Learn more at www.lighthousewellness.ca.)
