I am currently in the process of conducting 'needs assessments' for small and medium sized businesses. Unlike private consultations, where I put together the pieces of the puzzle of an individual life story, office-staff tell quite a different genre!
I hear from men who wake up exhausted as they have slept late, after fulfilling household tasks and tackling office e-mails. I see sleep-deprived women who have worked late into the night on creating business presentations after putting their kids to bed.
They
show up to work on empty stomachs after consuming several cups of coffee, some
artificially sweetened. They have organized or packed lunches for their
school-age kids but not had time to think through their own meal plans.
Not
many at work have the time to notice the aroma of their catered food, let alone
the beauty of their rainbow colored summer salad. Talking shop throughout, they
shovel in mouthfuls, barely even tasting the food and without registering cues
of satiety or hunger.
They
tell of depleted energy levels after a day at work that involved an endless
series of conference calls and meetings. They talk of rising tensions amongst
team members as they struggle to get quality work done on time.
The
majority will brave traffic on their way home. The thought of a hot meal over
family conversation is far from the reality that awaits them as they first
detour to pick up tired kids from their scheduled activities.
Once
home, they may succeed in putting together a wholesome meal for the family or
more likely tear open a microwavable dinner that is not reflective of their
six-figure salary.
All
good intentions of an after-dinner walk are put to rest as clean up and bedtime
routines take over. The cycle repeats itself until the end of the ‘work week’,
which no longer means Friday evening. It is to the backdrop of this culture that The Missing Peace will customize interventions to change the status quo and promise a happy ending!
