Increase Productivity by Not Hating Your Job

Keeping this in mind, Gale developed three main programs for her company: Balance U, which focuses on helping individuals feel centered through yoga and migraine management classes; Integration U, which teaches strategies for best embracing with daily work challenges; and Corporation U, which is a consultative approach for the entire business. "We look at what is happening in a company's culture and how each employee plays a role in expressing what the culture stands for," Gale explains. "It's about the 'we' of the culture."

Balance Integration's programs cost anywhere from a couple of hundred dollars for a small seminar to tens of thousands of dollars per month for an extensive ongoing course. The instructors don't simply talk about peace, love and happiness, Gale says. "We're teaching people how to function well every single day and do so sustainably in the course of their professional careers."

Clients have included her former employer AOL, Google (GOOG Quote - Cramer on GOOG - Stock Picks), Yahoo! (YHOO Quote - Cramer on YHOO - Stock Picks), Deutsche Bank (DB Quote - Cramer on DB - Stock Picks) and Bank of America (BAC Quote - Cramer on BAC - Stock Picks).

And for small businesses, where fewer employees each play a more significant role, it's essential to ensure they are all fully and willingly involved in their duties.

People from all types of organizations have asked Balance Integration to create programming to shift not only their culture, but how their employees experience the work-life question, Gale says.

"It doesn't matter if you are a freelancer or are working for someone else," Gale says. "You still have to learn how to take care of yourself and to manage each moment, each day, each choice."

And Balance Integration is not focused on being the know-it-all guru, she adds.

"We walk into these sessions to give people skills and tools that they can use to find their own answers. I genuinely believe everyone wants to have a great day at work and [that] it's well within our grasp to be able to do that," Gale says. "I believe that when we learn the tools to help us be focused and centered and reach a state of what I call 'mastery of ourselves," we're better able to navigate events unfolding around us."

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