According to the case, Bob Myers was a highly motivated and hardworking worker. He never wasted time in mediocrity, because he always had the full schedule. However, he got sick and his performance went down, because he drove himself relentlessly. In the spring, he became anxious, because he finished all his works and felt bored. On the one hand, he might get used to the busy work, so he was entirely unused to such relaxing working condition. On the other hand, he might overly care about other collogues’ evaluations of him, because his working environment was too intensive.

I do believe there is a method that can help Myers tide over his illness. Whetten and Cameron, (2011）stated that one of the key factors to eliminating anticipatory stressors was the small-wins strategy，one began by changing something that was relatively easy to change. Then another "easy change" was added, and so on (p.150). Myers needs to divide large and long-term goals into small and tangible pieces in order to make him feel fulfilled. Moreover, Myers also feels that some people have lost confidence in him. Retrieving all the lost confidence at once is an overwhelming task, but he could build the trust by some small things step by step. I do believe each successful change generates more and more momentum that, when combines together, lead to the larger change that he desires. Consequently, he will feel less lost.

References

Whetten, D. A., & Cameron, K. S. (2010). Developing Management Skills. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice