Work/Life balance - or is it all just ‘Life’?

In the third episode of our new mini series of Love Life, Live Well, our host Emma Cartmell is joined by Aarron McGurk, Operations Manager at Chorus.

This series was recorded at CHS Leeds, a tradeshow for the Meeting and Events industry.

Episode highlights:

• What Aarron loves about life
• What Aarron does to live well
• How the work / life balance needs to be viewed as a whole, rather than separate
• The different peak times for energy throughout the day and how flexible working can feed into this
• How the increased focus on mental health has changed working patterns
• How Gen Z are carving out what the work /life balance will look like in the future
• The importance of flexible working on staff retention

Key Takeaways:

• Opportunities have hidden challenges in them, and enable you to create a deeper understanding of yourself. - Aarron
• It kind of alludes to this idea that work and life are two separate and distinct entities, but in reality, they're not separate. - Aaarron
• People are waking up and recognising that being constantly plugged in and working long hours can take a huge toll on mental health and relationships. - Aarron
• It just shows that people are prioritising that flexibility and autonomy with their work lives. - Aarron
• Gen Z are actually saying, no, I have one title and one title only, and that's the only job that I'm going to be doing. - Aarron

Resources:

• Aarron McGurk at CHS Leeds