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Beyond the Breaking Point: Strategies for Beating Burnout Find you way back from burnout – embrace balance and fulfilment It’s 3 am, and you’re wide awake, staring at the ceiling. Your mind is racing, not with exciting ideas for tomorrow’s presentation, but with a gnawing dread about facing another day at work. The thought of […]
Unmasking the Imposter: How Coaching Can Transform Your Self-Perception Discover how professional coaching can take you from ‘imposter’ to ’empowered’. Sarah stood at the podium, her heart racing as she scanned the room. As a newly promoted senior leader, she was about to deliver a crucial presentation to the board of directors. Despite years of […]
From Pain to Gain: How The Intentional (TM) Coach Can Help Turn your challenges into learnings and crisis into opportunity. In the heart of the wilderness, where mountains kiss the sky, an aged eagle perches atop a tree. His once glossy brown feathers edged with striking white, have dulled. Having soared through countless blue skies […]
Shaping Healthy Workplaces – Entrpreneurs Drive Workplace Well-being Learn from top entrepreneurs how to integrate well-being into your business strategy, enhancing employee satisfaction and performance. The conversation around workplace well-being is strongly focused on tangible perks: free lunches, nap pods, and in-office gyms. While these benefits are definitely appealing, it might be prudent to consider a deeper truth that emerged […]
Productivity strategies for businesses Explore how strategic strategic people management and technology can boost productivity and ensure sustainable growth for businesses. If you heard that Australia had a record surge in employment, you’d automatically expect increased productivity. Right? Well, shockingly, this isn’t the state of our economy. Despite an unprecedented 6.9% increase in hours worked […]
Gratitude as a strength: the magic of accepting compliments Discover how embracing praise can make a positive impact on your mental health. Learn to accept compliments and boost your self-esteem. Let’s play a quick game You’re out at a party and the host says “You look stunning!” You respond with: A. “Oh! […]
Beyond Physical Safety: Addressing Psychosocial Risks for a Thriving Workplace The conversation around workplace safety has gone beyond tangible, physical risks to include mental and emotional health and well-being. We’ve recently been faced with the term ‘psychosocial hazards’ – a concept gaining ground, not just in occupational health discussions, but also in boardroom agendas across […]
Navigating Challenges, Implementing Strategies and Envisioning the Future In Australia, mental health is no longer an issue confined to the shadows – particularly within the corporate world. A recent study by Beyond Blue revealed some alarming statistics about mental health in the workplace. About 20% of people will experience mental health problems in any given […]
This article offers a comprehensive overview of the scheme, its impact on small businesses, and the importance of fostering a supportive work environment with access to Australia domestic violence support services. An in-depth look at how this initiative supports employees and small businesses. Understanding Family and Domestic Violence Leave Family and domestic violence is characterised […]
A business with a focus on culture will go a long way to attracting and retaining the best and right fit talent.
A consistent, motivating, and rewarding remuneration and incentives program is key to improving employee engagement and retention.
It is crucial that all businesses understand how to effectively manage employee communication.
Resilience helps us cope when times are tough.
A comprehensive onboarding program will benefit your entire organisation.
There are some common mistakes that businesses could avoid, giving them every chance of finding the right candidate. Here are 8 common mistakes businesses make with recruitment.
2021 certainly for business owners, managers and people leaders has been tough to navigate.
For a recruitment process to be effective and efficient there are key steps that need to be in place.
Supporting the mental health and wellbeing of every worker is essential.
Recruiting virtually was something many businesses were exploring even before the pandemic hit last year. With the increase in remote work, businesses are now having to adapt their recruitment strategies and processes to suit virtually.
One of my goals for 2021 was to find a way I could support a young person by offering my time, skills and experience.
Catie featured on The Better Business for Good (BB4G) TV show to discuss managing redundancies.
The pandemic certainly accelerated the change for businesses to adopt more flexible work arrangements.
The complexity of the pandemic can affect a business and their employee’s roles, responsibilities and conditions.
I have made it my life’s mission to empower organisations to create a positive workplace culture.
Here’s why a small business had to pay a redundancy based on full time hours and not part time hours.
2020 has been a year like no other with the seriousness of the pandemic causing major shutdowns of businesses.
Catie featured on ticker TV’s Black Belt Leader to discuss what it takes to grow leadership capabilities.
Catie featured on The Better Business for Good Company TV show (BB4G TV) to discuss return to work plans.
If you have ever had to hire new staff you know how much time and money it can take to find the right person.
Catie Paterson was a special guest on Shelley Flett’s ‘The Dynamic Leader’ podcast discussing leadership skills.
Catie joined fellow small business owners, on the Better Business for Good TV show (BB4G TV) to discuss culture.
Catie Paterson featured on The Better for Business for Good Company’s TV show for a second time. Join Catie and fellow panelists to hear more about employee onboarding.
Self-awareness is such an important skill and helps us build stronger relationships and be clearer with our decisions.
Hear Catie Paterson’s interview on Ticker TV
Catie Paterson featured on The Better for Business for Good Company’s first episode. Join Catie and fellow panelists to here how to survive and thrive post COVID-19.
As restrictions start to ease and many businesses begin thinking about how their staff may return to the office, for some people working from home may not end when the COVID-19 pandemic does.
Leadership is an essential skill that is critical in many aspects in life, from a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) or founder of a company, a project leader on a building site, an office manager, president of your local football club or on the board of your industry association.
As Australians continue to face unprecedented challenges due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, it’s important that leaders implement effective communication, teamwork and collaboration to achieve the best results for their business and their staff.
We are currently seeing a rapid change to the Australian workforce and economy with ongoing environmental and social impacts seeing businesses having to change and adapt more quickly than ever before.
Organisational change continues to be difficult for many businesses as we adapt to sudden shifts in our industry, new business models that may be required and even external factors including pandemics such as COVID-19.
I was recently invited onto Ticker TVs new show Blackbelt Leadership with Karen Gately, where I discussed the steps leaders can take to reengage a checked-out team.
In Part 2, we’ll dive deeper into the individual needs of your employees and how communication is central to the success of your ongoing succession plan.
In part one we look at why establishing an effective succession management strategy alongside career development processes is more important than ever.
If you’re running a growing small business and are finding yourself spending an increasing amount of time and energy on your staff instead of spending that time on your business then this is the list for you.
Just as the title suggests, Human Resources should be a very “human” prospect although in this industry we often find ourselves navigating an increasingly digitised workplace and world.
In part two we delve deeper into what diversity actually looks like – outside of age – and why cultivating a diverse workforce should be everyone’s priority.
In part one we look at understand diversity in the workforce as for the first time in Australia’s workforce there are up to 5 generations working alongside each other, with nearly a 50 year age gap between the oldest and youngest employees.
Humans were created to connect with one another.
While there are some things you can teach, not everything comes as naturally as a second skin. Some of us are born leaders and loud communicators; others are deep thinkers and quiet achievers.
Catie Paterson HR Business Consulting specialises in providing HR services to support businesses to create better workplaces.
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