As part of College West’s (CW) Human Resource (HR) team’s continued efforts to promote Work-Life Balance for CW Staff, a full-day interactive workshop on “The Heart of Success” for CW Staff was organised on Wed 5 Nov 2008. It was conducted by Focus On The Family Singapore Limited. The Workshop featured the overview of Work-Life Philosophy with seven laws for true success for Work-Life Harmony and helped participants to strike a balance in “Loving Work & Living Life”. The Speaker, Mr Dareen Tan is a trainer for the work-life programme.

A total of 20 Staff (comprising three Managers, seven lecturers, three Heads/Officers, six Executive Assistants and 1 Training Support) participated in the Workshop. Based on the Course Evaluation, majority of the participants strongly agreed that the course meets its objective.  Feedback from participants was very positive with participants strongly recommending the workshop for fellow colleagues. HR/CW would be organising additional runs of the workshop in 2009.

    

The Heart of Success Workshop (in brief):
“A happy worker is a productive worker”. Research has shown that individuals who achieve work-life balance are more effective employees. The workshop featured an overview of Work-Life Philosophy with 7 Laws for true success for Work-Life Harmony to help participants to strike a balance in “Loving Work & Living Life”.

The participants learnt to apply the following 7 laws so as to achieve harmony in their work-life:
Law 1: Don’t Settle for Being Money-Rich Time-Poor Law
Law 2: Believe that the Job You Do Makes a Difference
Law 3: Play to Your Strengths – Find Your Factor X
Law 4: Believe in the Power of Dreams
Law 5: Put Your “Family” before Your Career
Law 6: Keep the Common Touch
Law 7: Don’t Settle for Success: Make a Difference – Strive for Significance