Life Coaching for busy managers

 

Your company sends you on an assignment abroad. You may be on a short term assignment (up to two years) or long term assignment (up to five years). The pressure to perform is high. You also want a 'normal' life and some great social contacts and leisure time. Do you know your career accounts for only one eigth of our whole life?

You may function perfectly well in your business environment

• Is it the same for you outside work?
• What would you like to get out of your life abroad?
• What do you know about the social customs around you and how can you establish your social network in this new culture AND enjoy yourself AND have fun?

 

Going back home or move to another country knowing that you moved outside your comfort zone and made some great local friends.

Take the '2 minute work/self/relationship test'

• What is your work/life balance like?
• How would you like things to be in your ideal world?

 

Imagine that you have three circles work/self/relationship. All of these add up to 100. How do you split them up, how big are the individual circles?

• The work circle is the time you spend working during a normal working week.
• The self circle is the time you dedicate to yourself, (i.e. leisure time e.g. fitness, travelling, relaxing etc.).
• The relationship circle is the time you invest in establishing new relationships and maintaining existing ones with your friends and family?

Ready?

Which one is the biggest, which one is the lowest? When work is getting towards 60% or more it is definitely time to start doing something. However, you need to set priorities. Where can you start to make adjustments in your life and work environment to allow you to be as happy as you possibly can? It is definitely possible to be happy and successful while living outside your home country and your coach can help you to get there.