I worked for a large IT organization for a decade, and every single day I said to myself I need a better work life balance and also a ‘better life balance‘ !! When I told my manager I wanted to take work home, most of them smiled and assumed that I wanted to take more work!! I would wait for opportunities and forums to explain how employers can help strike a right balance when nothing is more important than life. I was not willing to spend an extra second @ work…so, I came to a conclusion that I am not designed to work like a machine resulting in poor health and lower morale.

Fortunately times have changed, I found a new job with a negotiation on my work hours. While I continue to work in an IT organization with higher responsibilities, I noticed a new change in the way I did my day to day work to achieve maximum output in limited hours. No, I was not given any training on this, I just followed the key trends to work smartly. Some tips that will come handy to get more work done in less time – Self branding: Generate ideas , it takes the least time but more thinking, and most valued by employer than hours put in. This will build you a lot of credibility with in your organization. Make use of social media – Web is truly information packed now, you can play around and get every piece of information you need easily. Use social media /collaboration tools extensively to organize your work, improve communication, collaborative approach to team work .Collaboration tools and techniques facilitate work from anywhere any time thus reducing your physical presence @ office

Become a web worker – Keep web in mind all the time, change your approach to emails. This will help stay on top of happenings inside your network /organization. Agile portfolioManagement- FollowAgile development processes for better collaboration, innovation, and results.

Work and work place continues to evolve in the coming years beyond recognition which will allow every individual to give the best …before I signing off i want you to watch this video ..you might find it interesting …