possibly saved the company hundreds of thousands

Henry had a solid education and then held an executive role for 7 years.

Money in the bank, plenty of customers, loving family.

So everything must be ok with him, right?

Henry realised that things were getting on top of him

Drinking too much, smoking, not exercising, and eating the wrong things.

Some of that stemmed from being bored with a career, and lacking a partner to share life with.

He hung out with the wrong crowd.

He become stressed, unproductive in his job, and doubtful of his path in life.

Henry had a Silent Struggle.

The small company of executive level teamplayers had nothing in place to help.

And by the time I was recommended to him he was close to quitting.

We took time to talk about what was and wasn’t working.

Where he wanted to go.

Who he wanted to become.

And what he needed to change.

If he had left the company would have lost his clients, needed to find a replacement, and fill a demanding role with similar experience.

Or if Henry had needed to take time off it would have been a big hit financially and impact the workload of an already stretched team.

We worked on several key areas to get Henry back on track.

His mind, body, and purpose.

Within months he was seeing green shoots of recovery in motivation, focus and performance.

He felt like a new version of himself.

Fast forward to today and he is happily married with a child on the way and living a proper Life/Work balance.

Plus he is one of the top earners in his company AND leaves early to play a sport he loves and doesnt worry about not being glued to his desk.

The big lightbulb here should be…

Without support he would have left the company or stayed and been another Stayism statistic.

Sleepwalking through the day on autopilot and doing just enough to get by.

Thankfully, when his Silent Struggle first became apparent, he was able to…

Schedule conversations with me.

I would listen to what was going on, and help him with one or two pointers to get things back on track.

Money was invested in someone with experience in this field to be on call for regular check in’s or as a sounding board for Henry whenever he needed it.

Not in a clinical setting.

No padded room or ‘safe space’.

Not only when the wheels have come off…

But in ‘The Gap’ where Silent Struggles exist.

Just a coffee and a friendly but helpful chat in person or over Zoom.

Or a more structured talk with specific actions steps to take.

Doing this regularly helped him navigate whatever challenges he had, physically, emotionally, or financially.

It also meant Henry knew he was being listened to, which sometimes is all it takes.

So, the question is,

How much could you invest in someone to help avoid these situations in your company, business, team, or organisation?