by Catherine Stothart | Dec 2, 2025 | Managing and leading, Motivation
The best and worst Here’s a question for you: how would you describe the culture of the best place you have ever worked in three words? And: how would you describe the culture of the worst place you have ever worked in three words? When you ask these questions of...
by Catherine Stothart | May 25, 2022 | Managing and leading
I recently spoke at the BAPT conference about hybrid working and the challenges this brings for people managers. Hybrid working is here to stay – 90% of us say we don’t want to go back to pre-Covid work patterns and 51% say they would leave if the hybrid option...
by Catherine Stothart | Oct 15, 2020 | Resilience and re-energising
It’s national #WorkLifeWeek, so a perfect time to read this article by Coco Khan in last week’s Guardian.  She advises making time for some non-work conversation, whether by video, phone, Whatsapp or other means.  It is so important for our mental health to have...
by Catherine Stothart | Jun 17, 2020 | Managing and leading
With many people still working from home, managers are having to work out how best to delegate in the virtual world – and how to trust that the work will be done. You can’t make other people be trustworthy, but you can show trust in them. Getting to know...
by Catherine Stothart | Aug 14, 2019 | Managing and leading
There’s a definite lack of trust at the moment – in our institutions, in politicians, and sometimes between leaders and their teams at work. Trust arises from shared experience and our judgements of each other’s behaviour.  About trust: We trust people whom we...
