Unplug to Re-Connect
12 November 2024
General context
Unplugging for greater productivity, focus and job satisfaction!
Being always connected can have a major impact on both our concentration (during work) and the ability to mentally disconnect from work. That, in turn, impacts your concentration and productivity, and the negative spiral is set off. The consequences of always being on can weigh on our well-being as well as our productivity.
That is why during this training you will gain insight into your own disconnection profile and we will provide tools to deal with various forms of hyperconnectivity. You will go home with hands-on techniques to deal with the 3 forms of disconnection (digital, psychological and emotional) into practice.
After this workshop ...
- ... you know your connection profile and how it manifests itself in the workplace.
- ... you recognize your digital drains and gains.
- ... you can get rid of techno-stressors.
- ... you have insight into your current work-life balance and how you can optimize it.
- ... you can better manage expectations of yourself and others.
- ... set priorities and make conscious choices.
- ... you know how to create space for yourself and your environment.
- ... you can take measures for conscious and balanced connectivity.
- ... can respectfully set your boundaries and formulate needs.
To promote transfer, we use "spaced learning" in which both before and after training several learning incentives are given through the learning platform. There is pre-work (intake and checklist 'My disconnection prolife') and post-work (buddy challenge, learning platform) and during the workshop there will be several cases discussed and there will be room for individual reflection exercises.
Trainers
Liesa Molenaers
Liesa is completely bitten by Learning & Development. From improving digital well-being to initiating cultural changes and stimulating lifelong learning, she loves nothing more than helping companies do just that. Previously she did this internally at Telenet and AG Insurance, now as Content & Quality Manager at HowsWork she inspires a wide range of organizations.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/liesa-molenaers-46086715b/
Program
From work pressure to work stress?
3 phases in work pressure (cf. Allostasis – acute stress & chronic stress)
- The bank, savings, and credit account
- Exercise: Naming and recognizing stress signals
Psychologically disconnecting: The ON/OFF switch
The importance of recovery
- Exercise: Taking the bridge (unwinding rituals)
- Exercise: 7 types of rest
Digitally disconnecting: The digital brain
Techno overload, Techno interruption, Techno invasion
- Exercise: Communication Matrix
- Exercise: Disconnecting styles (separator/ integrator)
- (OPTIONAL) Exercise: Mail Hygiene
(OPTIONAL) Emotionally disconnecting: learning to stop ruminating
Why your brain keeps lingering on work
- Exercise: Brain twisters
Practical info
12 November 2024
VIB HQ
Suzanne Tassierstraat 1
9052 Gent
Belgium
12 November 2024
VIB HQ
There is a shuttle bus (MaxMobiel) that runs between Ghent Sint Pieters railway station and Eiland Zwijnaarde. The VIB stop is the third (and last) stop on the inward journey. You can also get off the bus at Mainfreight (first stop) and cover the last 350 metres on foot.
You can find the schedule via this link: https://max-mobiel.be/en/shuttle-lines/shuttle-line/gent-sint-pieters-eiland-zwijnaarde
Please inform us upfront if you wish to make use of this shuttle so we can provide you with a QR code that you will need to show to the driver.
12 November 2024
VIB HQ
Use the high-quality cycling infrastructure to and from the business park and borrow shared bikes from Blue Bike, Donkey Republic or Dott (electric bikes) from various pick-up points in Ghent and the surrounding area. You can also quickly and easily plan your route using the online Cycling Route Planner of the City of Ghent.
12 November 2024
VIB HQ
Parking is only allowed in the Maaiveldparking (Bertha De Vriesestraat 5, Zwijnaarde). Reservations in advance are required, so please let us know your license plate if you wish us to reserve a parking spot.
Room Réunion