TODAY ON TRULY SPEAKING - WHAT ARE YOU?

I've had the need to counsel a very hardworking and dedicated employee, whose strengths began to work against him at his place of employment. I understood exactly what he was talking about.

After 20 years of working very hard in a very well established organisation, he had become confused, discouraged and anxious. He looked over his career life; very exciting, boisterous, full of experience and many achievements, he's been able to build a house, buy cars, paid his bills and generally just pulled through these two decades without major crisis or stress, he's grateful but confused.

He's looking at the future and its gradually dawning on him that he may soon have to move on to his own thing. Times have changed, everything is changing very fast as well. New methods, new processes, new business philosophies, new ideologies, fresh attitude to work and colleagues, so many changes, so many new ways, he's gotten to that point where he's realised he may have to exit and he's looking into his future with so much confusion.

The next generation of employees are already taking over everything in the company; new knowledge, new skills, new competencies. They are more aggressive, almost erratic in a good way, reward driven and desperately ambitious. Yet top management is of the opinion they are the ones that can bring the great change, the spice, the zing and the growth the organisation is in dire need of. Most of his contemporaries have resigned, some gone to other establishments, others running their own businesses. It's his turn now to take his next big step. But he's confused about how to go about it.