Finding balance: Aninditta Savitry shares her tips about finding a work-life balance. (Shutterstock)

Work-Life balance: Does it exist?

Before jumping into the question above, let’s answer this question first: What does a work-life balance actually mean?

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Stay Away from the Dinosaurs

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When saying less means more

It may come as a surprise to some that communicating our ideas to others in an effective way involves more than words, with greater focus on how we speak, as opposed to what we're trying to say. ...

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Navigating office politics requires social intelligence, and while this may come naturally to some, it is a skillset that everyone can learn and put to good use. (BNDL Studios/Budhi Button)

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Office politics: Can we stay neutral?

Many employees shy away from office politics as if it were catching, but it's essentially about misalignment and not inherently bad. Here, Aninditta Savitry shares her tips on how to reframe office politics, eliminate negative emotion and approach it as a challenge instead.

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Do you know how your employees think about their jobs or career prospects? While job enrichment, job enlargement and job rotation are strategies that can help employees avoid being stuck in a workplace comfort zone, companies should also think about their employees’ professional aspirations, advises employee sustainability and change management expert Aninditta Savitry. (B/NDL Studios/Budhi Button)

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Developing employees within their comfort zone

When asked during job interviews what has motivated a candidate to search for new opportunities, “comfort zone” is invariably stated as the reason. Whether it is because of complacency, boredom or stagnant growth, many believe that a workplace comfort zone is prohibitive to personal development and so warrants finding a new job.

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Office friend: According to Aninditta Savitry, having friends at work can help "improve our stress level and mental health".

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Friendship at work: A mixed blessing

Personal relationships, whether they be friendships, romances or family, have always been an elephant in the room in the corporate world. Everybody knows about them, gossips about them, but the attitude is largely “don’t ask, don’t tell”.

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