Grief.

A very intelligent and competent friend of a friend was caught up in a workplace dispute recently.

He described how he felt:

'wounded',

'the kind of workplace I cannot tolerate',

'heartbroken',

'grief',

'lost my joy and cannot seem to get it back'.

While intelligent and worldly, this was his first experience of workplace conflict.

He had assumed that if he did his job well and with all his heart, that he would be protected and supported by the organisation.

He was wrong.

He's now questioning everything.

Not just work.

Everything.