Overcoming frustration with current work - tools & techniques

Everyone, even the most committed employee, can sometimes experience frustration at work—a feeling of being overloaded, meaningless, or underappreciated. In mentoring and coaching, such moments are treated not as failures, but as a signal that it's worth stopping, examining the situation, and finding new ways of acting. Working on emotions, beliefs, and sources of tension allows you to regain balance, rebuild motivation, and rediscover satisfaction from your daily responsibilities.

In this category, you'll find mentoring and coaching techniques that help you understand the causes of frustration, reframe your thinking, and find meaning in your work despite difficulties. These tools support self-reflection, communication, and emotional management—thanks to them, the mentee can better cope with stress, regain inner balance, and approach professional challenges with renewed energy.

If you want to learn how mentoring can support the mental well-being and emotional health of employees, check out the article "Mentoring and improving mental health at work" . You should also read "Mentoring in the company - advantages and benefits for employees and the organization" , which shows how a well-planned mentoring program can increase team satisfaction and engagement.

The following techniques will help you identify sources of frustration, look at them from a new perspective, and find ways to regain a sense of meaning and influence at work. It's a step towards greater balance, mental resilience, and professional fulfillment.

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Work wheel

Expressing your own opinion Improving engagement in the mentoring program Motivating to act Organizing your own development Setting priorities Systematizing and organizing Overcoming frustration with current work Taking responsibility for actions Broadening your perspective Focusing on potentials

The work wheel is a technique that works well when you need to examine the level of satisfaction in a person's most important work areas. The visual nature of this exercise allows you to easily identify what's important at a given moment. This tool can be used in either the first or last session to measure changes in satisfaction with the designated work area(s).

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#self-awareness

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#goals at work

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Energy balance

Improving self-confidence Improving engagement in the mentoring program Organizing your own development Analysis and drawing conclusions Systematization and organization Overcoming frustration with current work Focusing on potentials Strengthening potential

Energy balance is a technique that allows you to identify what brings you satisfaction and what causes exhaustion at work. By practicing mindfulness, you can examine the tasks that bring you joy and consider what you can do to increase your engagement in such activities.

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#lack of satisfaction

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#what I like

#balance

#harmony

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