TroubleShooter – It’s all in the balance
A director in the UK's National Health Service (NHS) prepares for a merger with another hospital. A coach will guide her through it. Yet the changes are unsettling and she feels she has no time for sessions
Carol, a woman in her late 40s, has been with the NHS for 20 years. She has worked her way up to director level. The hospital where she works is merging with another and she is feeling overwhelmed and overworked in preparation for this, a reaction that is taking her by surprise. Her teenage children need more attention as exams loom, and her husband has recently shared with...