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According to recent research, the fact that the pandemic process is still ongoing increases stress, anxiety and loneliness among employees. Fatih Elibol, performance and mentor coach, points out that this problem, which causes 30% of employees to take time off, can have devastating consequences.

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ISTANBUL (TR) - The year 2020, when the pandemic, like many areas, was the main agenda item of professional life, is behind us. But the process of fighting the epidemic is still ongoing. Although vaccination has begun in many countries, the mutation of the virus indicates that it is too early for the world to return to its old order. This situation negatively affects professional employees in the field. According to a survey study by the World Economic Forum-Ipsos, failure to fully prevent the outbreak has increased stress, anxiety and loneliness among employees. About 30% of working adults took time off for this reason, while 56% said they were concerned about job safety, and 55% said they were stressed by changes in work routines and organization. While 40% of employees felt their productivity was falling and it was difficult to work at home, almost half of those surveyed said they felt lonely working from home.

Being alone at home for a long time triggers stress

MCC (Master Certified Coach) Fatih Elibol, who stated that people who spend a lot of time on their own are perceived by others as cold people, said: "this can really be a problem when the person lacks the social skills needed even for the lowest level of communication. Someone who does not know how to make even a very small conversation, even if he is thirsty for socialization, can act as if he does not want to be friends with others. Similarly, a completely pessimistic and critical view of life can interfere with our ability to communicate with others. In a pandemic where working from home is common, spending a lot of time alone leads to stress and leads to an unhealthy reliance on stimuli from others." said.

"Feeling lonely can have devastating consequences” 

Fatih Elibol, who supports the world's leading professional managers as a performance coach, said: “feeling lonely can have devastating consequences in both individual and professional life in the long run. It consumes both life and work energy along with one's motivation. In this case, we see individuals who do not enjoy any of their activities, are not satisfied and question the purpose of existence. All these are very justified expressions, but they are problems that must be addressed and solved. We can say that the feeling of loneliness, which we see triggered even more in the difficult pandemic process we are in, is more caused by miscommunication and the inability to meet social needs. Preventing this depends on the approach and support shown by the environment in which the person is next to their own efforts." said.  

"Coaching support should be raised” 

Fatih Elibol, who stated that important responsibilities fall to managers, especially in preventing the emotional difficulties that employees struggle in professional life, said: “in the pandemic process, managers ' dialogues with employees become more important than ever. Because in all professional structures, no matter what scale, individuals have another thing in common besides corporate goals. It also comes across as overcoming this extraordinary process, which is encountered for the first time. But it is obvious that this will not be possible only with motivational speeches or forward-looking promises. At this point, coaching support needs to be raised. Because although individuals have traveled a certain path in their lives, as we have witnessed in the pandemic process, the changing conditions of life are very emotionally challenging for individuals. For this reason, professional coaching support has become frequently referenced by companies in the recent period. Especially with team and group coaching, we add success to their success in line with their corporate and individual values by enabling teams to overcome the sense of loneliness they face in the pandemic., ” he said.

Changing conditions strengthen our values

Fatih Elibol, who also gave details about the work done within the scope of coaching support, "Coaching support is basically aimed at raising awareness of individuals about how to set goals going forward in their renewed lives. In other words, we allow participants to realize themselves, open their perceptions, reveal their self-potential. In this way, they can develop communication skills by analyzing their environment, strengthen adaptation and transformation to existing conditions with coaching. They are able to take more conscious steps on the road to success., ” he said.