In 2014 leaders are under extraordinary pressure with a constant demand to do “more with less”. It has been this experience that has shaped my desire to help others prevent a similar breakdown and to continually learn how to build our resilience, well-being and performance. Not surprisingly, in a very short time I was unable to work, and began a very long stress absence. I began isolating myself from people and found it incredibly hard to focus. As this took hold my thinking became black and white and energy levels dived. But as the stress grew – mainly self-imposed – I began sleeping less and felt the onset of a terrible depressive episode. I tried to put on a positive mask for clients and team members alike. Many of our clients dramatically downsized, and recruitment was the last thing on their minds.Īs a leader of the group I tried to turnaround this setback by working harder, making more calls, and doing more of what we had done in the past.
Mawas the beginning of the tech crash and in a very short period of time everything changed.
We had established a niche in the rapidly growing ecommerce sector which was booming – times were good. At the beginning of 2000 I was the Joint Managing Director of AT Kearney’s Executive Search business in Australia.
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