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When it comes to Leadership and people thriving at work, there is a lot we are passionate about. Check out our blog each month for the latest ponderings, insights and ideas from Karen Gately.
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From leadership and company culture to self-improvement and current affairs, our blog offers practical tips and advice to help you learn and grow.
Discover how to become a more effective leader, build a thriving team, and achieve your ambitions. Among other things our blogs can help you to:
- Discover how to build trust, create a healthy workplace culture, and keep your employees engaged.
- Develop a positive mindset, cultivate resilience, build confidence, and maintain a healthy work-life balance.
Karen writes about things that inspire her in a hope they will inspire you too. Ultimately she’s strive to help you to become a more effective leader, a successful individual, and a well-rounded citizen of the world.
Lessons from the Life of Carrie Baillee
Carrie Bailee's life is a testament to resilience, humor and unwavering strength. From overcoming abuse to battling cancer, her story inspires us to face adversity with grace and find purpose in every challenge.
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Building and Maintaining Your Mental Fitness
Ready to transform your life? Explore powerful strategies, expert advice, and actionable tips to boost your confidence, overcome challenges and achieve your goals. Your journey to a better you starts here!
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How to Get Along with People You Do Not Like
Navigating tricky workplace relationships? Learn how to manage your attitude, choose your battles wisely and build a professional rapport for a smoother, more productive work environment.
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Influencing Psychological Safety When Driving Change
Driving change effectively requires a psychologically safe environment. This blog explores key strategies for building trust, fostering open communication and empowering employees to navigate change successfully.
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Assumptions: The Silent Killer of Workplace Harmony
Have you ever witnessed a workplace conflict erupt over a simple misunderstanding? Chances are, assumptions were at play. This blog explores how unchecked assumptions can poison workplace relationships and offers practical strategies for overcoming this common communication pitfall.
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Navigating the Intersection of Policy and Compassion
When policies clash with moral duty, how should organizations respond? In this blog, inspired by a recent Work Savvy podcast episode, we explore the story of a Queensland bus driver who faced termination after defending a young passenger. This incident sparks vital questions about trust, empathy, and the balance between rigid policies and compassionate leadership. Discover why policies should protect both the business and its people while allowing room for real-world complexities and moral judgment.
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Why 'Plain Speak' Matters
In a world where politeness is valued, many of us are also taught to use sophisticated vocabulary or ‘big words’ to appear more intelligent. However, the true power of communication lies in honesty and clarity. When we obscure the truth or use complicated language, we risk creating barriers that hinder understanding and success. In this blog, we'll explore why ‘plain speak’—clear, straightforward communication—is essential for building trust, fostering growth and engaging effectively with others.
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Strong Relationships Are Key to Your Team Achieving Its Full Potential
Strong teams are the backbone of successful organizations. This blog explores key strategies for building trust, fostering open communication and cultivating a culture of emotional intelligence to create high-performing and fulfilling team environments.
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Building Confidence: Tips to Elevate Your Self-Esteem
Many people struggle to see their own worth, often doubting their strengths and potential. As a coach, it’s disheartening to witness this, especially when their true value is so clear to me.
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The Power of Autonomy
Think your team could use a little more freedom? This blog dives into the power of autonomy in the workplace. We'll explore how giving your employees more control over their work can boost motivation and creativity. Get ready to learn how to empower your team and unlock their full potential!
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Staying Focused in a Busy Job with Loads of Competing Priorities
In today’s dynamic work environment, it’s all too common to feel overwhelmed by an endless stream of tasks, each one competing for our attention and pulling us away from key priorities. The steady flow of emails, unplanned meetings and tight deadlines often make staying focused a daunting task—a challenge many of the leaders we work with frequently encounter.
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Cultivating Patience: Steps to Being a Calmer You
In this blog, we explore why patience is essential for personal growth and long-term success. Learn actionable steps to cultivate greater patience, including self-awareness, empathy, mindfulness and reframing challenges as opportunities.
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Why Visualization Is a Powerful Tool for Building Confidence and Enabling Success
Have you ever wondered how top performers prepare for success? As a martial artist, I discovered the transformative power of visualization—a simple yet powerful technique that builds confidence, sharpens focus, and primes the mind for action. Let’s dive into how this tool can influence your emotions, decisions and outcomes.
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Being Assertive
Assertiveness is the key to clear communication and respect in the workplace. By expressing your views confidently and respectfully, you foster better collaboration and reduce stress, paving the way for success.
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Making Remote Working Work
Remote work is here to stay, but managing productivity, communication and well-being can be a challenge. With the right strategies, you can create a thriving remote team. Discover 10 powerful steps to optimize your remote work environment and boost your team’s success.
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Navigating Difficult Conversations: Addressing a Team Member's Poor Attitude
Addressing a team member’s poor attitude can be one of the toughest challenges in leadership. Many leaders I work with tend to avoid or delay these conversations, even when the attitude is affecting team morale, productivity or performance.
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2 Things That Make the Biggest Difference When It Comes to Building a Cohesive Team
Great teams are built on trust, respect and strong connections. By fostering personal accountability and emotional intelligence, you can unlock the full potential of your team and drive success.
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Be and Work for a Family-Friendly Leader
Achieving a balance between the demands of your job and family life comes down to the decisions you make. It’s a reflection of what you prioritize, who you choose to work for and what you’re willing to accept.
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Enabling Beliefs
Take a moment to reflect on how the beliefs you hold shape the choices you make in life, including at work. Do your beliefs about your abilities motivate you to take on new challenges, or do they hold you back? How often do limiting beliefs cause you to hesitate, preventing you from taking action or speaking up with confidence?
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What To Do About Unreliable People
Are you frustrated by the impact unreliable employees have on your team’s morale and performance? You’re not alone. Many leaders we work with share the same struggles, dealing with people who drop the ball when they’re needed most—whether it’s tardiness, absenteeism, missed deadlines or inconsistent work quality.
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Knowing When to Surrender
Take a moment to reflect on how many battles you’re currently fighting—whether with yourself, family members or colleagues. By "fight," I mean any state of struggle where you’re resisting or trying to overcome, eliminate or prevent your circumstances.
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Strong Foundations
It’s amazing how one ‘ah-ha’ moment can profoundly shift our thinking, emotions and actions. For me, this happened recently during a transformative three-day retreat led by the incredibly talented Aaron Sansoni.
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Motivation Myth
Motivation can often feel elusive, but it’s not always the spark we think it is. Discover how momentum and simple strategies can help you push past procrastination and take action.
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What to Do When You Get the Hiring Decision Wrong
Hiring decisions gone wrong can be costly—wasting time, money and productivity, while impacting morale and relationships. These decisions affect not just the individual, but the entire business.
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No Regrets: Living Life Like There Are Few Tomorrows
Bronnie Ware, an Australian nurse, spent years in palliative care, supporting patients during their final 12 weeks of life. Through this deeply personal work, she captured their profound end-of-life reflections in a blog that gained widespread attention. This ultimately inspired her bestselling book, The Top Five Regrets of the Dying: A Life Transformed by the Dearly Departing.
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