by Catherine Stothart | Nov 24, 2021 | Personality styles
It’s natural to be apprehensive about going back to the office. You may feel tense interacting in-person after so long away, and there may be new people to meet face-to-face for the first time. There are also practical issues: travel arrangements, hours of work,...
by Catherine Stothart | Jul 14, 2020 | Resilience and re-energising
Last week I ran a virtual workshop on #resilience with a leadership team, all of whom are working from home. Like most of us, they had experienced some good days and some bad ones – sometimes feeling energised, other times feeling stressed or burnt out. We...
by Catherine Stothart | Sep 19, 2019 | Resilience and re-energising
We experience stress when pressure exceeds our ability to cope. This is a really interesting article from the BPS on “stress mindset”. People with a “positive” stress mindset – you believe stressful challenges can lead to positive outcomes,...
by Catherine Stothart | Oct 12, 2018 | Managing your time
Inbox Overload When I started to write this blog, I planned to list all the things we can do as individuals to be more efficient in how we manage our email. Then it dawned on me that leaving individuals to find their own way is not the answer. The fundamental problem...
by Catherine Stothart | Mar 26, 2018 | Digital Age
Social media feeds our inner chimp According to Tim Urban, being connected 24/7 feeds our “instant gratification monkey” (see his TED talk), or what Steve Peters would call our “inner chimp” – we react to events too quickly, making snap decisions, driven by our...
