Join Love Letters to Chefs this coming Monday for a free webinar on why we should reframe how we approach work-life balance in Hospitality and what we gain from adopting this viewpoint. During this 30-minute training: We redefine what work-life
Keep out
What if you are entering a life phase where you seek the opposite: instead of work-life balance, you strive to keep your focus on your work? Of course, this means that you will need to set a number of boundaries.
Perception is everything – II
Thank you for sharing your views, chefs! As I said on Friday, there is no right or wrong answer – this question simply reflects to you your perception on work-life balance at this point in your career. I do, however,
Perception is everything
Before you pick a choice, let me clarify that there is no right or wrong answer. This is merely about your perception of work-life balance.What would you say the answer is for you, chef? Share Tweet Follow Email
Fear and trembling
In Catching the Big Fish, filmmaker David Lynch says: “I hear stories about directors who scream at actors, or they trick them somehow to get a performance. And there are some people who try to run the whole business on
Work-life enrichment
In 2006, the professors Greenhaus & Powell defined work-life enrichment to be “the extent to which experiences in one role improve the quality of life in the other role.” This concept calls us to rethink the usual approach: many people tend
New guide: Five Steps to Work-Life Balance
We can think that work-life balance is about setting resolutions, making life-changes or finding new hobbies. But that in itself does not give you a more balanced life. It very much depends on how well you follow through with those
Presenteeism
Our kitchen culture might demand ‘presenteeism’ – that you show up to your work at any cost or in whatever state you are in. That goes for whether you are recovering from an injury, whether or not you have rested
Making space for our lives
Our kitchen culture does little to acknowledge that we as chefs have a life outside of work. But I think that is to the detriment of our service: when we accept this truth, we can make allowance for how these
Back to work
As you resume your service today (if you are in the UK), my invitation to you is to take a few moments to reflect on what it really means to be able to share your talent with the world. It