by Katrina | 2 Feb 2023 | Blog, Read
Last year, we finished more burnt out than ever before. At the end of 2021 we said; ‘OMG that was crazy. Let’s not work like that again’. But we did. In fact, even harder. McKinsey coined this ‘the great exhaustion’. Summer holidays (for the land down under) have...
by Katrina | 30 Jan 2023 | Blog, Read
The past few years we have seen a significant decline in people giving and receiving useful feedback in the workplace – specifically around the gaps. We are seeing that people are avoiding challenging ideas, managing up, holding people to account and giving feedback....
by Katrina | 22 Jan 2023 | Blog, Read
There are 2 things on offer here. You’d be crazy not to read about both of them. 1. Let’s be honest. For many, feedback feels hard. Harder than usual. We know it’s important. We get that. But why are we avoiding it now more than ever, or handling it poorly?...
by Katrina | 16 Jan 2023 | Blog, Read
How many times a day, a week, a year do we become irritated by someone, something or even nothing? Something is late, dishes not unpacked, a rude gesture, an impatient customer. They are all annoying right? Or are they? Is it that we become annoyed and hold on to that...
by Katrina | 19 Dec 2022 | Blog, Read
There are no words of wisdom here. We are all pretty knackered. You don’t want to read this and I don’t want to write it. So instead, same as last year, my gift to you is the 2022 Georgia’s hot hit list for the songs I’ve played all year in the online and in-person...
by Katrina | 5 Dec 2022 | Blog, Read
People are tired. We know that. So, running engagement surveys right now and getting high levels of completion feels against the odds. What if people being tired is not the main reason we are not getting high completion rates? Anything over 70% is considered good. But...
