Transforming organisations

The personal agenda

It is extraordinary how many people at the top of organisations are struggling to reconcile their business life with what is going on at home.

Some people simply ignore the home bit; they have fallen into a pattern of behaviour with those they live with and there is no intention of revisiting the position. The situation is only revisited when a crisis occurs like a divorce or a bereavement.

Others are much more interested in monitoring progress as they go, usually with some form of outside support or counselling or mentoring. This, in my view, is always the way to fly. Circumstances are never the same and with jobs and markets and technology changing as we speak, it is no wonder that most of us need support at different times for different reasons.

How do you know whether you need this? Well, simplicity is one of the watch words here. If our purpose on this earth is to fulfil our potential and to help others to do the same, then is it working for you at all these levels? Would you say that you have great quality relationships with most people, most of the time? Does one and one make three for you more often than not? For anyone that answers ‘no’ to some of these questions then there is so much help and support available.

Half the battle is recognising that there is a problem.

posted by Tim @ 7:11 AM