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How to support a female executive in maintaining her balance during a restructuring context?

mar. 26 nov. 2024

🎯 CONTEXT / CHALLENGES

  • In a context of reorganization/restructuring with the elimination of numerous positions at director and manager levels.

  • The client has been appointed France Director for her function and is responsible for implementing the new organization.

  • She is taking on this challenge and new position after a long period of uncertainty about her future in the organization (her previous position was eliminated, and several people were considered for the position she ultimately obtained).

  • She has a very deteriorated relationship with a colleague who is very disappointed not to have obtained the position of France Director and who is disrupting the proper functioning of the team. The client is all the more affected because she previously had a long-standing trusting relationship with this colleague.

  • The client has recently become aware of her state of physical and emotional fatigue, and also of her new solitude as a leader (her main trusted colleagues have left the company). She wishes to be supported during this difficult time.

  • OBJECTIVES AND INDICATORS DEFINED WITH THE CLIENT:

    •  Regain balance and serenity (indicator: sleep quality and ability to "disconnect" outside working hours)

    •  Progress in the "grieving" process of the relationship with her colleague (indicator: more serenity and less emotion during interactions with her)

    •  Regain confidence and re-establish a small support network (indicator: feeling ready to finalize the coaching relationship)

💡 APPROACH

  • An individual coaching process of 10 sessions of 2 hours, each spaced 2-3 weeks apart.

  • The first 2 sessions were devoted to analyzing the request and defining the coaching objectives and indicators.

  • Then, we spent 2-3 sessions on each of the objectives:

    • For the goal of balance and serenity, we worked on rebalancing her "wheel of life", and on writing, meditation, and cardiac coherence exercises to regulate emotions and stress.

    • For the goal of pacifying the relationship with her colleague, we used Transactional Analysis and Nonviolent Communication tools.

    • For the goal of restoring confidence, we worked on her past achievements, requests for feedback from internal clients, etc.

  • And finally, one closing session

📈 RESULTS

  • The 3 objectives were met, and I would even say that the 3rd was exceeded

  • Indeed, the client felt ready to finalize the coaching relationship even though she had not yet rebuilt her support ecosystem (the 2-3 people she had identified left the company during the coaching). This demonstrates a significant strengthening of her self-confidence and resilience.

🏆 KEY SUCCESS FACTORS

  • Definition of clear objectives and observable outcome indicators.

  • Unconditional listening and welcoming of the client during the first sessions, which allowed her to "vent" and feel less alone.

  • Concrete actions to implement between each session to experiment in real life and draw lessons for the next session.