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Employee (+ Family) First

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29 April 2020

This article is prompted by a recent incident – ironically just after publishing my last article in which I had called for firms to look at ways to help take care of the mental well-being of its employees. A week back I received a message from a client (one of the biggest entities in its field!) that as a part of their “cost rationalization” exercise, they are putting a pause to all the ongoing senior executive coaching arrangements.

Given my connection with the coachees, one of them from the same firm reached out asking if I could continue with our planned session as she believed it would help her. During our conversation, she revealed that though technology had made work from home seamless, she found herself increasingly distracted and anxious at odd times; worried about how to take care of her family members – especially the kids and parents. With WFH, the boundaries between work and professional timings have blurred leading to individuals being unable to completely concentrate on either....exacerbating existing anxieties and frustrations!

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