Work-Life Balance Programs

Dynamic Work-Life TRAINING & KEYNOTES

Get Proven Tools to Work Smarter, Cut Stress Costs, Drive Performance

We help your team navigate a crazy-busy world with tools that allow them to work more effectively, be more engaged, and build a better work-life. Joe Robinson (featured on CNN, Today) supports your staff with popular, research-based presentations that give them proven strategies to cut stress and overwhelm, control email overload, manage interruptions, increase productivity, and upgrade satisfaction on the job and off. Boost work-life survey scores and the bottom line with the fully engaged mind. See Programs...

Employee Engagement, TIME MANAGEMENT, Stress Management Workshops

	WORK-LIFE: Work Smarter, Live Better A credible work-life balance program is one of the most cost-effective ways to boost engagement, morale, and performance. Our programs build the skills that fuel success, providing tools to manage stress, devices, and workload and improve wellness and life balance. More...
	TIME MANAGEMENT: Manage Crazy-Busy Work Are information overload, interruptions, and distractions driving attention and productivity south? Get tools proven by the science to increase focus, manage distractions, and get more done, from setting the terms of engagement with devices to interruption management. More...
	STRESS MANAGEMENT: Calm in the Storm Stress is contagious. It fuels crisis mentality, conflict, absenteeism, bad decisions, and higher health costs. This critical training offers the most effective tools to stop stress in its tracks. Shut off the false danger signal, and the stress stops in four minutes. More...
	EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT: Drive Extra Effort Firms with the highest employee engagement deliver triple the shareholder return. Give your organization the tools to unleash the extra effort in every employee. Our program uses the latest science on motivation to drive self-initiative, trust, purpose and results. More...

Email Overload Training

Yes, You CAN Control Endless Email

Every email results in an average of six emails—three going, three coming back. They're like rabbits. They proliferate. It's time to spay and neuter email. Put an end to the time-wasting and lost productivity with our "Control Email Overload" training. We help your team create systems based on the latest research that control unbounded messaging. Participants in the training get a free digital copy of Joe Robinson's “Email Overload Survival Kit.” This 37-minute audio is the complete guide to email management. Cut the distraction derby with practical strategies you can put to work today. More...

Working Smarter Blog - Tips, Tools

Latest Post: Leadership: How to Get People to Do What You Want Because They Want to Do It

By Joe Robinson

YOU CAN LEAD A HORSE, or penguin, to water, but, as we all know, you can’t make them drink the stuff. Like animals, people also have minds of their own. Getting them to do what you want can be dicey. Compulsion and nagging can fail miserably on humans, but there is something that is highly persuasive: giving them a rationale for why they need to do what you want them to.

Research from the University of Rochester’s Edward Deci and Richard Ryan has shown that we are much more inclined to buy in to doing a task when we feel as if we are part of the process. Give an employee a reason... More

Evidence-Based Tools

SEE VIDEO. Joe Robinson previews some of the issues that drive stress costs and reduce productivity. Joe has appeared on The Today Show and CNN, and has led programs for organizations from IBM, to Kellogg's, McDonald's, Pfizer, LEGO, Anheuser Busch, and Homeland Security.

Testimonials

"They loved your presentation. Wow! You were fantastic." —Shari Morwood, VP, IBM

"Joe Robinson's work-life balance training was extremely valuable to our supervisory staff. I'd recommend the training for any organization trying to find the right balance between high performance and employee engagement." —Terry Field, Program Manager, Florida Department of Children and Families

"Joe’s productivity and work-life balance training for our leadership team was fun, interactive and relevant. Joe shared many strategies for managing work-life balance that will not only reduce stress on and off the job but will help increase satisfaction in both arenas."
Martha Vanderheyden, Internal Coach, Indiana University Health La Porte Hospital

"Joe's training was ideal—and perfectly timed for our needs and workforce. The feedback from managers was universally positive!" —Craig Willardson, President & CEO, Moark LLC, $700 million division of Land O' Lakes

"Thank you for spending the week with us and making an impact for our people and our company. I've heard nothing but very positive comments and feel that your message will make a difference in all of our lives." —Dan Schmitt, President and CEO, HH Hunt Homes

"Joe was an inspiration! The sessions with Joe were fun and interactive. He gave us valuable tools to carry forward.” —Charla Eversole, Truman Medical Center

Thought Leader Series

Learn from the Science of Productivity in Joe's Articles for Entrepreneur Magazine

Get tips on productivity, stress management, innovation, work-life, and effective performance from Joe's articles for Entrepreneur Magazine, where he is a contributing editor. Multitasking expert David Meyer discusses the do's and don't's of managing multiple tasks. You may think you're doing two things at one time. You're not. The University of North Carolina's Barbara Fredrickson details how negative emotions undercut productivity, innovation, and profits, while positivity opens up the opportunities. Harvard's Leslie Perlow conducts office interventions to create smarter ways to work. See Articles (Hover over Blog tab)...