by Catherine Stothart | Jul 22, 2020 | Digital Age, Extraversion and Introversion
When we raced to learn how to use Teams/Zoom/Google Meet, as a substitute for face to face meetings with our colleagues, we didn’t have time to think about what might be the best way to communicate in the virtual world – we simply transferred our meetings from...
by Catherine Stothart | Nov 14, 2018 | Managing and leading, Managing your time
Four Steps to Manage your Mood in Meetings Ever sat in a meeting and felt frustrated, bored or irritable? Wouldn’t it be better if instead you felt relaxed, curious and energised? You can’t control what others say and do in meetings, but you can control your own...
by Catherine Stothart | Oct 2, 2018 | Managing your time
How to run effective meetings Meeting madness has taken hold and most of us have experienced it. Executives spend half their time in meetings (HBR July 2017) and in many organisations, managers rush from meeting to meeting, grabbing a few moments in between to deal...
by Catherine Stothart | Sep 3, 2018 | Managing your time
Back to School? September has that “back to school” feel about it, even when you don’t have school-age children. It feels like a new beginning, particularly if you have just returned from holiday (as I have, after a week immersed in Scotland’s wonderful landscape and...
by Catherine Stothart | Jun 26, 2018 | Managing and leading
More Meeting Madness This article in the CIPD’s People Management magazine has some useful tips for effective meeting behaviour, including the advice to have a clear plan of what you hope to achieve in a meeting. I once worked in an organisation where, every time...
