by Catherine Stothart | Apr 6, 2022 | Motivation
Talk to the “man in the street” about motivation at work and they will usually say that it’s the money that motivates them. We work for money don’t we? Well, yeesss… but provided we earn whatever we regard as “enough”, money is not the main thing that motivates us at...
by Catherine Stothart | Jul 28, 2021 | Motivation
I love watching the Olympics and sharing in the emotions of the athletes as they put their years of hard work to the test in events that may only take a few minutes. In the last few days there has been both joy and despair for Team GB: despair when Geraint Thomas...
by Catherine Stothart | Apr 17, 2019 | Resilience and re-energising
Easter Reflections How will you use the Easter break (if you have one)? How about taking stock of those New Year’s resolutions? How are things going? Are you spending enough time on the things that give your life a sense of meaning and purpose?...
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 | 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...
