eve-olution newsletter September 2006
Contents
- Statistics of the month
- Book of the month
- Creative Female Leader – for your personal development
- Stressed out women behave badly
Statistics of the month
12% of men say they do most of the housework, the same proportion as in 1954. - The Observer
33% of women find doing the housework more satisfying than sex. 60% say cleaning makes them feel in control of their lives. - Discovery home and health / Daily Mirror
Book of the month
Anyone can do it – Sahar and Bobby Hashemi
Anyone Can Do It chronicles the start and evolution of a successful business dream. Beginning with the Hashemi siblings' first conversations (when the seed of the idea was planted) it follows the progress of Coffee Republic from business plan to the present day. Coffee Republic is now worth around £50m with 90 outlets around the UK.
This is a start-up business book for real people. Sahar and Bobby take the reader step by step through every aspect of starting and growing a business from asking 'why?' and writing the plan to hiring staff and letting go.
The book is illustrated throughout with inspirational anecdotes from their own experience. It is a very personal story of dreaming, acting and succeeding offering a myriad of lessons for aspiring entrepreneurs and blowing apart the myth that only 'special' people start successful businesses.
Creative Female Leader - Farnham Castle
For Your Personal Development
This three day residential course is eve-olutions flagship external programme and is attended by diverse senior women from Banking, Retail, Police, nvestment Banking, Public Sector, manufacturing, Consulting, etc.
Case Study: Lynette Ametewee
Job Role: Communications and Strategy Development Manager
Benefits of the Course:
"Affirmed my vision and gave me tools to maintain my focus... It gave me something concrete to share with my friends and have already been encouraging them to attend. Tracey was an excellent facilitator giving her individual attention to each of us while sharing her own experience."
The course includes a Geier personality profile which produces a 28 page profile for you to take away. The course is held at the magnificent Farnham Castle.
Stressed out women behave badly
by Kate Davidson, eve-olution
In a recent article featured in Personnel Today, it was highlighted that female staff are more likely to be adversely affected by working excessive hours than their male counterparts. (Personnel Today, 25 July)
It went further to discuss that when working long hours, women are more likely to:
- snack on unhealthy food;
- drink Caffeine;
- smoke;
- take less exercise.
Understanding why women are more susceptible to unhealthy behaviour at work is essential to helping them to know how to cope with the demands of the modern office.
Reasons for this 'uneasiness' and unhealthy behaviour is that women are more likely to be juggling multiple roles at work and at home. This can lead to increased stress and a lack of effectiveness.
Nick Isles, director of advocacy for the Work Foundation says that "Employers need to recognise the pressures women are under" and women need to learn to balance their work and life properly.
eve-olution seeks to help both males, females and organisations understand how they can improve their work-life balance to suit themselves, their gender and their lifestyles. Work-life balance advice is a theme in many eve-olution workshops that seek to help us understand ourselves and how we can be more effective in our organisations.