What's with this Work-Life Balance..

 

What's with this Work-Life Balance..

The expansion of business brought its own challenges. Seema asked her manager, this is all too much to do. There is lots on our plate. But somehow, it felt as if, she was not being understood. Seema kept thinking how should she convince that she is doing all of the tasks which overwhelm her. Maybe her manager even knew the reality, and maybe the manager was also overworked. But it was all about the commitments the manager had made to the senior management.

Because of the expectations of the senior management, he could not then go back on his words. It so became that Seema had to adhere. And she was feeling very pressurised with what she was going through at home also. She seemed to break down in her work and personal life balance.

Managers today need to behave as coaches too, who need to deep dive in the employee's life to understand the various facets which hold importance for him or her. Like here Seema was not having the bandwidth of what was expected out of her. 

Soon the manager was getting less productivity and output from her, leading her to get the thoughts of Seema being incompetent for the job itself. There was no talks of allowing Seema to get acclimated to the role and give her time.

Pause, think if you have come to the same conclusion for anyone in your team?

Now what will Seema's manager do? Well that's a topic for another blog.