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Coping with career setbacks

Everyone suffers career setbacks from time to time. How you cope with them depends on many different factors, including your attitude to failure

Judith Leary-Joyce is a psychologist, management consultant, personal coach and author. She advises iVillagers on questions about career devlopment, tackling new challenges and achieving and living with success.

For many people career setbacks, such as being passed over from promotion or not achieving the recognition you think you deserve for the work you've done, are seen as failures.

Many people walk away from difficult situations and start again in a new company. But this is not always the best option. Taking responsibility for your actions and being deeply honest with yourself may help you see the bigger picture.

Here, Judith advises iVillager lulutoronto whose reaction to work problems is typical of many:

When I experience career setbacks, my first instinct is to leave the company I am with and start over again with another one. I've done this several times now and would like an alternative way to deal with this issue.

Judith replied that there are situations when leaving is the best option, for example if you don't fit into the company culture; it's a good place but there are no career opportunities; or you can't build the right supportive management relationship.

All of these incidents would suggest that it is worth making a change to find a company that suits you better.

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