This is probably the most important part – just like a professional athlete conditions themselves for their sport, look at finding balance as a means to condition yourself for your service each and every day. Could there be an easier
The LLTC philosophy – IV
Fear, guilt, perfectionism. Fearing that focussing on your wellbeing will diminish your career and your ambition. Guilt around disappointing either your team or those closest to you when you have to pick one over the other. Perfectionism that extends from
The LLTC philosophy – III
If you think about it, work-life balance is a concept built around a regular 9am-5pm job. How can we use that as a baseline to define what a balanced life should look like for us when our schedules look nothing
The LLTC philosophy – II
As I suggested in yesterday’s post, work-life balance is less worthy and less achievable a goal than the pursuit of that feeling of balance in your life. I would say that you need to attain it at two levels: the
The LLTC philosophy – I
This week I share with you some insights from my philosophy on work-life balance. If you have been following me for a while, then you know my message is all about how you can make it accessible to you. Which
What are the consequences to your team?
I will respond to this by asking another question of our leaders: what is the legacy you want the restaurant or food business you lead to be remembered for? The food or experience you create for your customers and the
What are its consequences?
The list goes on and on.. Maybe the biggest challenge is the loss of agency. You have probably experienced this (as I have), or witnessed this in others: when your days are directed by the demands of something external, you
Why is work-life balance important?
Why is it that we discount work-life balance as a serious problem in Hospitality? There is a definite cost to holding such a view: on an individual level, our work eventually suffers when we neglect the other aspects of our
Workshop 21st Sept: Create Your #BetterCheflife
The Create Your #BetterCheflife workshop for September will be held next Monday the 21st. This training covers principles that will support you in creating a more balanced cheflife, which eventually feeds back into your work itself and enables you to
The Staff Canteen article: Rethinking work-life balance
My latest article for The Staff Canteen: Many chefs who started new wellbeing habits during lockdown are now challenged with sustaining those habits after returning to work. Although there is no dearth of wellbeing resources that can help them achieve