Karen Gately

Karen Gately, founder of Corporate Dojo, is a leadership and people-management specialist. Karen works with leaders and HR teams to drive business results through the talent and energy of people. She is the author of The People Manager’s Toolkit: A Practical guide to getting the best from people (Wiley) and the host of Ticker TV’s Black Belt Leader. Karen Gately is an opinion columnist for the CEOWORLD magazine. Follow her on LinkedIn.

CEO Advisory

The Real Benefits From Flexible Working Conditions

CEO AdvisoryKaren Gately

Well before Covid19 began to impact our lives the demand for flexible work conditions that allow people to more effectively integrate their job with the rest of their lives was growing. Largely driven by a generational shift in mindset around the need for greater balance between home and work, the...

Lifestyle and Travel

How to avoid burnout when you’re connected 24/7

Lifestyle and TravelKaren Gately

When was the last time you spent a day completely disconnected from technology? How often do you check emails outside of work hours? Is your attention constantly grabbed by apps that notify you of everything going on in your world, as it happens? On the one hand technology has made...

CEO Insider

The 15 Most In-demand Soft And Hard Skills In 2020

CEO InsiderKaren Gately

With a network of over 660+ million professionals and 20+ million jobs, LinkedIn are well positioned to provide powerful insight to what matters most to the majority of employers. Each year the professional networking platform releases a list of both the ‘hard’ and ‘soft skills employers are most often looking...

CEO Advisory

Leverage Reward And Recognition Strategies To Drive Culture

CEO AdvisoryKaren Gately

The decisions that are reached about who is recognised for what reasons communicates a lot about an organization’s culture. Reflect for a moment on what types of behaviours leaders in your organisation are encouraging (or discouraging) through reward and recognition decisions. To what extent does your organisation make behaviours matter when...

Education and Career

Just deal with it already!

Education and CareerKaren Gately

Contemplate for a moment on how often you avoid dealing with the problems you need to. Now ask yourself how well that typically turns out - for you, your team or even your business. In my experience avoidance simply prolongs agony and often makes things worse. All too often the...

CEO Advisory

Strong minds: how mental strength impacts performance

CEO AdvisoryKaren Gately

A strong mind allows us to maintain focus, keep calm and do our best work; even when times get tough. Reflect for a moment on the ways in which your mind impacts on your ability to deliver outstanding service to your customers. How well do you respond to challenging customers...

Education and Career

Hiring a great CEO: drivers of success and common mistakes to avoid

Education and CareerKaren Gately

Among the most important decisions any Board of Directors make is who to appoint to the role of CEO. The decisions the CEO in turn makes about the leaders they entrust to lead their team unquestionably has a profound impact on the performance and ultimately viability of any business. Poor...

Education and Career

Introverts vs Extroverts: how to manage and get the best from each

Education and CareerKaren Gately

Central to human personality theory and popularized by Carl Jung in the early 20th century, the terms introversion and extroversion are commonly used to describe the ways in which people interact with one another. Contrary to popular belief however, the psychological preference scale relates to far more than simply how...

Education and Career

9 ways to break down the barriers undermining collaboration

Education and CareerKaren Gately

How well do people across your business work together to achieve your collective goals? Do managers work with one another to identify priorities and coordinate their team’s efforts? Do team members think about the consequences of their actions on staff in other areas of your business, before they act? Where...

Karen Gately

The Real Benefits From Flexible Working Conditions

How to avoid burnout when you’re connected 24/7

The 15 Most In-demand Soft And Hard Skills In 2020

Leverage Reward And Recognition Strategies To Drive Culture

Just deal with it already!

Strong minds: how mental strength impacts performance

Hiring a great CEO: drivers of success and common mistakes to avoid

Introverts vs Extroverts: how to manage and get the best from each

9 ways to break down the barriers undermining collaboration

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