Work-life balance is hard for all of us, but it\u2019s arguably the hardest for those who are responsible for keeping a company afloat in a pandemic.<\/p>\n
How do you tell someone who has to make last-minute staff resizing decisions to practice self care? How do you tell a quickly burning-out small business owner to simply \u201cswitch off after work,\u201d after answering a long and horrible call with a rude customer, just minutes before 5 p.m.?<\/p>\n
And how do you tell a small business owner this, while they\u2019re working remotely for the first time, stuck between a toddler\u2019s tantrum and a schedule filled with conference calls<\/a>?<\/p>\n Conversations around remote work and work-life balance tend to focus on it from a typical employee\u2019s point of view. But when it comes to company leaders, the same advice falls short. It\u2019s often taken for granted that workaholism is part of the entrepreneur\u2019s deal.<\/p>\n According to a 2018 survey by GetResponse, 91% of small-to-medium-sized business (SMB) marketers say they work weekends, while 69.3% take business calls and check email in their free time. A quarter (25.9%) are always thinking about or working on their business\u2014and like it that way.1<\/sup><\/p>\n While working from home indisputably increases productivity,2<\/sup> research also shows a concerning uptick in mental health concerns like loneliness, burnout, and disconnection.3<\/sup> The habits we just outlined would probably increase anybody\u2019s propensity for burnout.<\/p>\n But it would seem that company leaders are most at risk.<\/p>\n In this article, we\u2019ll cover seven ways company leaders can reclaim some semblance of work-life balance with their unique challenges\u2014all while working from home:<\/p>\n Want more WFH tips? Download the Remote Work Task Checklist.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
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