by Catherine Stothart | Feb 24, 2026 | Motivation
I love the Winter Olympics – blue skies, white snow, and amazing displays of skill and bravery. It’s been a bright interlude in our relentlessly grey January and February here in the UK. What I loved most was that the athletes looked like they were really enjoying...
by Catherine Stothart | Jan 30, 2026 | Managing and leading, Managing your time, Motivation
I came across some interesting research about the brain differences between people who are usually motivated and those who are more apathetic and discovered that you can trick your brain to make it easier to act. It seems that when deciding whether a course of action...
by Catherine Stothart | Jun 24, 2025 | Managing Conflict, Personality styles
Can you get on with everyone at work? We’ve all had “difficult” colleagues – perhaps the impatient go-getter, the stick-to-the-rules pedant, the excitable attention-seeker or the indecisive procrastinator. Personality clashes are the top cause of conflict at work and...
by Catherine Stothart | Feb 5, 2025 | Resilience and re-energising, Self-confidence and self-esteem
We can’t be confident and resilient all the time in every situation, but we can become more confident more often, and confidence leads to better performance. Confidence and resilience often go together. Resilience is the ability to bounce back from the challenges and...
by Catherine Stothart | Jul 25, 2024 | Motivation
I’m enjoying this summer of sport – after Wimbledon and the men’s football Euros, we now have the Paris Olympics. We’ll see athletes at the peak of their performance, experiencing the extremes of joy and despair and we’ll share their passion and their pain. What can...
