Should I stay or should I go? (Part 3)

So how did your observations go last week? What interesting observations did you make regarding ‘what you like’?

Did you have more, about the same or fewer items of frustration on your list than you had anticipated?

This week is Step 5 in the process and we’ll fill in column C. Take a look at column B. What themes did you find in column B? When you look below the surface, what was really the issue?

It’s common to find a few themes. One is insecurity. I see this frequently when people change jobs and/or get promoted up in an organization. We are still trying to figure out who’s responsible for what, how people tend to react, who the important players are, etc.

We also often discover that we need to increase our knowledge base and skills. For one client it was gaining broader knowledge as her responsibility wasn’t just a slice of marketing, but now marketing at large. Another client needed to learn supervisory skills.

The good news is these are things we can learn!

Other themes can be around what coaching calls ‘boundaries’ and ‘standards’. Do you feel that people are taking advantage of your time (such as the example of the boss who wants to ‘catch up’ at 5pm when you’re trying to leave to pick up your daughter)? Or you feel that the quality of work going out to a customer is sub-par because of the lack of planning or cost-cutting measures?

This week, look below the surface and identify the common themes that are causing you distress.

~Gwyneth~