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Welcome to the Consultancy Zone

 
The Balance at Work logo - for Working Families consultancy and training.
 



"Your approach
has been a major influence on the success of this project."

Virgin
Management
Ltd




"The Balance At Work consultancy has provided valuable support to
the Council in the development
of its work-life strategy."

Essex
County Council

      

Who we are

Balance At Work is the most experienced consultancy in the work-life balance arena and the organisation creating the most cutting edge solutions.  We have set the agenda for the current awareness of work-life balance and continue to work in an embedded way with clients from a wide range of sectors. 

Since the mid 1980s we have drawn on best practice and the specialist skills of our expert consultants to support organisations with their strategies and practices, bringing about tangible bottom line benefits. Our experience of addressing processes and prejudices and our pragmatic  approach makes us highly effective advisers and practical guides.

Drawing on the industry specific knowledge of the consultants and facilitators and on the link with Working Families, we can provide leading edge solutions to work-life balance issues.

 
What we do

We work alongside the client to tackle issues on the work-life balance and diversity agenda, advance appropriate policies, address cultural practices and establish processes which deliver a more productive and profitable future.

The areas we cover include:
   - Strategic review
   - Project management and pilots
   - Training 
   - Audit
   - Communications


The issues we cover are around:
   - Flexible working: for managers and for teams
   - Older workers
   - Job re-design
   - Carers
   - Changing Culture
   - Parental Rights 


For more information email us or call 020 7017 0065

  

Who we work with

Our expertise is not theoretical; it is based on practical hands-on experience of implementing solutions that work in real contemporary organisations. Some of the organisations we have worked with include:


Private Sector
- Bank of England
- Camelot Group plc
- Linklaters & Alliance
- Lloyds TSB
- Microsoft UK
- Nestle UK
- Virgin Management Ltd
 


Public Sector
- Cambridge County Council
- Essex County Council
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- Hampshire Constabulary
- Leeds City Council
- London Development Agency


NHS Trusts and Primary Care Trusts
- Barts and the London NHS Trust
- Central and North West London Mental Health NHS Trust
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Trust
- Kingston Hospital NHS Trust
- North Hampshire Primary Care Trust
- Pan London Workforce Confederation: Greenwich PCT, Haringey PCT 
- Kingston Hospital


Education
- Anglia Polytechnic University
- Suffolk LEA


Voluntary Sector
- NSPCC
- The Prince's Trust
- UNICEF
- Unison