Thanks for your insightful comment Jay. In my world I speak to the strengths of people and I get more of them. A Coach's primary focus is to help people evolve into their levels of excellence.
In my clients worlds, however as they are political leaders, about 15% of the staff is responsible for 80% of the deliverables. You can imagine how quickly they can burn out, so rotation in and out of headquarters is not only a necessity but paramount to the overall well being of the people they impact globally. There are very few in that middle arena as you mention.
However in corporate Canada or America, the dynamics are different and it's usually the middle management that is like the sandwich generation of the workplace and they're the ones who burn out faster than anyone else for many of the reasons you mention.
I wrote a post on that a ways back. Maybe it's time to do that again!
Best..
Donna
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May 14, 2008 at 6:16am
Donna Karlin