Workplace Transition | Vancouver BC
Workplace Transition periods can be a very complicated time of your life. Claire provides coaching for clients in Vancouver BC (and outside as well). If your workplace is going through a transition (merger, downsize, relocation, change of leadership, etc.), this change could appear good for your company but the reality is that it will impact every member of your workforce a little differently. Your human capital will need help navigating this transition. How is the change going to impact them individually or their teams / units? Is your workplace changing leadership? Are you changing careers? The change will only be beneficial for the company if the transition is handled well by everyone. Workplace transition is when each person goes through a psychological process to deal with the change. Some people have no trouble with change, others are terrified of it and everyone else falls somewhere in between.
And, if a crisis occurs in your workplace i.e. someone is injured or dies, how will everyone deal with this? Well, in most organizations a crisis will impact individuals differently. Some will process it quickly and carry on, others may be triggered negatively by the event and have difficulty functioning.
Perhaps your workplace culture needs to be explored and re-configured. Simply put: workplace culture is made up of the rules and norms that guide your human capital, i.e. your employees. If absenteeism is high, if presenteeism exists (at work but not fully productive), if people feel overwhelmed then both employee morale and your bottom line are impacted. It is time to re-calibrate your company.
Workplaces today are made up of knowledge workers. When stress hits then individuals and teams can break down emotionally, mentally etc. Think about it, invest in your human capital.
Let’s put a plan in place that will help your company deal effectively and competently with changes or conflict or difficult personalities.
Claire Sutton is an expert in human behaviour and have helped many businesses going through the workplace transitioning phase.
Find out more about Claire and call her today. For clients outside of Vancouver BC, Claire also offers coaching/consulting services for workplace transitions through Skype calls online.
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