Blog of Julien Tromenschlager, Dipl. Ing., MSc, Cert. Career Consultant

I just returned from holidays spent in South Italy on the island of Sicily. This beautiful region benefits from a unique heritage like the impressive Doric temple of Segesta, located on the Western part of the island. This temple is made of solid pillars that have been supporting the upper part of the monument for centuries. © Saba11 | Dreamstime Stock Photos This temple reminded me an image that I often use with the people whom I counsel, regarding the pillars on which our life is based. These pillars are typically five: Business & career; Finances & wealth; Health & sport; Social life & family; Entertainment & free time. For each of this pillar you may have your experiences, your knowledge, your joys, and your sorrows. You certainly also have defined some personal objectives for each of these pillars. Objectives that are normally in line with your Vision and that justify the fact that you get up out of bed every morning. The following pic summarizes this concept: ...

  I have been for less than ten years in the labor market now and have been victim few times of a virus that contaminates more and more our today’s employee life: the company reorganization (or also called “restructuring”).  I also saw few friends of mine having had to face reorganizations with varying success. All this feedback enables me to give you here some tips on how to face serenely a reorganization and how to come out victorious from it.   First of all, here is my definition: a reorganization is a restructuring of the company personnel inducing either the hiring (pretty good sign), the dismissals (oups), or the turnover of the company’s staff. A reorganization may occur in the wake of a merger or an acquisition of the company with another one, or again following the adaptation of the company to market demand. A reorganization may threaten your employment thus the financial security of your family. Such an event may psychologically be a painful experience that...

Let’s imagine that it becomes very often clearer for you that there is something wrong with your job. As instance you notice that you do not enjoy your job as you did when you started, or you clearly see you cannot bear your boss any longer, or again you clearly see that your friends better enjoy their work than you do. However, you wonder a lot about the idea of leaving your job and about the consequences that may result from this: do I really take the right decision by changing of job? How can I be sure that I will not find a job being worse than the present one? What will happen if I am not so good in the new job? How my present employer will manage the load if I leave her? Would not it be better to wait for better days instead of giving it all up? Etc… There is nothing wrong in wondering in such a way. Indeed the first need of human being is to answer her primary needs and to ensure own safety (Maslow theory), and for most of us having a job is the first mean to alleviate these...

 Cinq solutions pour chasser les pensées négatives : 1. Etre conscient et observateur de ses pensées négatives. Etre dans le moment présent. 2. Se rassurer, en se disant que les événements sont passagers ou en discutant avec quelqu'un de positif. 3. Supprimer les sources de négativité. 4. Mettre en place des nouvelles routines de vie, par exemple des méditations guidées le matin et le soir. 5. Pratiquer des techniques de respiration (e.g. cohérence cardiaque).