What if your car is totaled…what if something really bad happened in your personal life?

Chances are, we will all have situations like this from time to time. What
is the best way to handle personal crisis at work?

Of course this greatly depends upon your role and responsibilities at work.
If you are in an industry that relies on your person touch and full attention – then you are doing your clients a disservice by taking their money and not giving them your full attention. The best way to handle this situation is to be candid about your current mindset (not that you have to give details – but that you have an emergency that is taking much of your attention); that the client deserves your full attention and energies – and that you will need to reschedule to be able to do that.

If you are in an office environment, you should have your auto-responders and voice mail set to collect all your calls and emails. In you canned auto-responders and updated answering machine message – you explain your general situation and when you will get back to them. Ask them to include the reason for their call – so that you can have the answers for them when you call them back.

If you have tasks that need to be done, you should have documented procedures regarding those tasks. The ones that are MUST DO for today, hand them off to a team mate or your manager (so that he can hand find the appropriate resource).

If this is actually a personal crisis — then you will not be in the proper mindset to do high-quality, high-performance work. Put the systems in place to enable the quality work to be done without you.
Many people make the mistake of thinking that if things can get done without them, this means they are dispensable and replaceable. Some people feel that if they are the only ones with these skills that their job is secured.
This is a false premise. Jobs are never secured; companies are purchased; companies are merged; companies go under. Relevant skills come and go. Just because you are really good at X – doesn’t mean that X will be relevant tomorrow. And the rapid pace in which technology is changing today makes this last point even more likely.
This only sure thing that “making sure you are the only one with the knowledge” does is to keep you stuck in this current role and band level. It limits your advancement opportunities.

My name is Laura Lee Rose and I am a business and efficiency coach that specializes in time management, professional development and work life balance strategies. I help busy professionals and entrepreneurs create effective systems so that they can comfortably delegate to others, be more profitable and have time to enjoy life even if they don’t have the time to learn new technology or train their staff.

At the end of the day, I give people the peace of mind that everything is getting done exactly the way they want – even when they are not there.

I am devoted to my clients, and want the best for them.
My clients succeed because they take action and are ready for success.

This offer isn’t for everyone.

So – for the people reading this blog today, that are ready for success, email me at LauraRose@RoseCoaching.info right now – to reserve your complimentary consult. You will receive a follow-up email to select your one-on-one coaching appointments.