Sometimes its useful to share case studies with you. Although data protection prevents me from sharing personal details, I can give you a flavour of the case and an idea of the decisions the client made.
This case study is about Peter, with a comfortable job in middle management, well paid and well thought of for a large organisation. Peter was comfortable and happy in his role.
His organisation was going through a number of changes and restructuring. Peter had already accepted additional responsibilities and a pay rise he hadn’t really wanted as an alternative to a reduction in responsibilities and pay freeze, when out of the blue it became necessary to relocate too. Peter was against the change and it had unsettled him. He’d lost focus when I started to work with him and felt forced into a corner.
Peter and I talked about his long term goals and his options. His goals were focussed around the long term financial security for his family and these conflicted slightly with the immediate need to get home at a reasonable time and spend time with his family.
copyright Carolyn Trafford
We spent some time exploring his options and Peter was able to acknowledge that he had a choice. That choice was around spending extra time now with his kids or funding their universities fees. There were two key realisations:
- Choice. He could choose to spend quality time with his kids now, at the expense of funding university.
- Empowerment – His employer wasn’t forcing him to take the relocation, that was exactly in his control.
So he had choice and empowerment – this didn’t change the fact that he had new responsibilities and a commute – it simply allowed him to understand that it was all within his control – not his manager’s. And once he moved on he was able to think about how he could manage his work’life balance more effectively.
If you are facing difficult choices or change it can help to talk to someone who will help facilitate your thinking. Reflections Coaching has experience working with people and change, please get in touch if you want to know more about how Reflections can help you or your company.
Contact Caro@reflectionscoaching.co.uk or call on 07714 216388 today
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