The Energy Equation

CASE STUDY

Alison worked in a hectic environment as a management consultant. She had a very demanding job, and her co-workers expected a lot from her. Alison started off well, but when her department went through a reorganisation she started to get stressed while trying to deal with all the new demands. Her workload increased due to the reorganisation, which highlighted Alison’s underlying belief that she had to get everything done and that she could not say no to anything (according to her beliefs about herself). She became a victim to the demands of the job and could no longer see the forest for the trees. All she could see were constant demands. She became defensive and irritable when she was asked to do something, and she constantly felt ...