For the worker whose work-life has bled into their personal life, who finds themselves taking calls at the dinner table, and who is too stressed to enjoy being home when they finally get there, Steve McClatchy may well have the answer to your problems, and he will be speaking at the GIE+EXPO Dealer Day Opening Keynote Lunch on Oct. 22, 2014 at 1 p.m.
McClatchy is the president of Alleer Training and Consulting, and author of The New York Times bestseller, “Decide: Work Smarter, Reduce Your Stress, and Lead by Example.” He has given presentations across the country to a client list including the NFL, Google and Microsoft. He is also a frequent guest lecturer at top business schools in the country including Harvard and Wharton.
McClatchy will be speaking at the luncheon about how to find the point of equilibrium between the stress and spurs of a fast-paced work life, and the leisure of domestic life at home. His advice: a rolling stone gathers no moss.
According to McClatchy, 88 percent of employees say they have a hard time juggling work and life, which leads them to lose morale and burn out from their job more quickly. The recent economic malaise has only exacerbated the problem, when people are pushed even harder by the threat of rising unemployment and crippling debt.
In the same way that a bicycle is harder to balance at lower rather than higher speeds, life rides like a bicycle, according to McClatchy.
“Balance is a feeling you get when you are satisfied with where you are and where you are going,” McClatchy says in the article. “It’s not always bigger, better, more. It’s about movement. It’s about taking your life in the direction you want it to go and experiencing the excitement and exhilaration that goes along with it.”
McClatchy advises that to live a balanced life, you need to be working toward a larger goal. The American notion of infinite improvement and growth is what gets balanced people out of bed every morning; It creates the novelty and the thrill of day-to-day life. At the end of everything, it is a way to tell ourselves that we aren’t just stagnating, and wasting precious time. “The momentum created by improvement,” McClatchy says, “motivates and inspires us to do even more the next day.”
“The best way to combat burn-out and stress, and achieve a feeling that your life is balanced between what you have to do and what makes you feel alive,” McClatchy says, “is to continuously seek improvement in some area of your life.”
Just for dealers.
Dealers in the lawn and landscape business will have their own Dealer Summit at the GIE+EXPO trade show in Louisville, Ky. Oct. 23-24.
The events consist of dealers-only breakfasts and luncheons with industry leaders giving presentations, and a key chance to network with other dealers from across the country.
The events begin Oct. 23 with the Dealer Summit Breakfast. The event will be a continuation of GIE+EXPO’s 2013 manufacture partners’ panel discussion. Representatives from leading outdoor power equipment manufacturers will answer queries and discuss timely issues about the industry.
The Dealer Summit Special Report – Contractor Buying and Attitude Trends, will take place later that same day. Chuck Bowen, editor of Lawn & Landscape Magazine, will share exclusive research to help dealers learn about other industry contractors. All in attendance will receive a free copy of the magazine’s State of the Industry report.
The last event, the Dealer Summit Breakfast and Dealer “Best Practices” Panel, will take place Oct. 24 at 8 a.m. Attendees will learn how industry leaders are addressing issues related to sales, marketing, regulation, employee benefits and compensation, and other key areas of running a thriving dealership.
Pre-registration is required for all of the classes mentioned. Register though the GIE+EXPO website here.