by Catherine Stothart | Aug 2, 2022 | Managing your time, Planning
Do you return to work after a holiday with good intentions to work fewer hours, keep your inbox empty, your meetings short and your stress levels low? Maybe you manage this for a few days, then before you know it, you find you have slipped back into old habits. This...
by Catherine Stothart | Apr 16, 2020 | Planning
With the government set to announce another three weeks of #lockdown today – and probably more to come after that – it’s a good time to review how we are doing, both personally and within our work and family lives. Kolb’s learning cycle is a useful model...
by Catherine Stothart | Jul 9, 2019 | Managing your time, Planning, Uncategorized
Japanese management techniques like kaizen and kanban were all the rage years ago when I worked for Ford Motor Company and ICL. The concepts of continuous improvement and just in time delivery are still relevant to most businesses these days. These ideas work on a...
by Catherine Stothart | Jan 21, 2019 | Planning, Resilience and re-energising, Uncategorized
Blue Monday? They say that the third week of January is the most depressing of the year. Not for me this year, as I am off to Sri Lanka on a wildlife-spotting holiday. But if I were not, what could I do to keep my spirits up? This week is a time for thinking about...
by Catherine Stothart | Jan 10, 2019 | Managing and leading, Planning
New Year’s Resolutions – don’t pick a fight with yourself! Most of us have tried and failed to keep New Year’s resolutions. As a Coach, I often work with clients on setting goals for change and finding the motivation to reach them. So here are some...
by Catherine Stothart | Nov 21, 2018 | Personality styles, Planning
Christmas Shopping – are you an early starter or a late finisher? Let’s face it, some people like shopping and others don’t. But whether you have already done your Christmas shopping is less likely to be about whether you enjoy shopping, and more likely to...
