Kate GigaxFeb 104 minIt's Not a Resignation, It's a Break UpThe thought of resigning often induces feelings of anxiety, panic, avoidance and doubt. These same feelings come up when ending a...
Katie EngelJan 262 min3-2-1 Goals: A Tool for Setting Goals That Won't Drain YouHow is 2022 going for you so far? The beginning of a new year is a natural time to think about our professional and personal lives—how to...
Kate GigaxOct 21, 20213 minThe Water Cooler May Be Gone, Talking Isn't: A Current Approach to Knowing What People Are SayingFor managers in today’s world, it's more likely than not that team members are not in one central location. They are spread around the...
Kate GigaxOct 1, 20214 minThe Silver Bullet of Management: One-on-One MeetingsOne-on-one meetings are the norm in many organizations, but it’s quite common for them to be… sub-optimally utilized. Sound familiar?...
Kate GigaxMay 27, 20212 minThe High Achiever’s Recipe for Not Doing it AllHigh achievers would prefer to succeed at everything they do, every time they do it. As a result, many high achievers maintain a ‘to do’...
Kate GigaxMay 27, 20212 minThe High Achiever’s Recipe for Not Doing it All: Find Perspective by Zooming OutAsk yourself two questions: “In the big scheme of things, how important is this?” and, “How would I view this if I wasn’t taking it so...
Kate GigaxMay 27, 20212 minThe High Achiever’s Recipe for Not Doing it All: Prioritize Your Top FiveHigh achievers can occasionally lack discernment. In other words, the pursuit of excellence often gets applied universally when it would...
Kate GigaxMay 27, 20212 minThe High Achiever’s Recipe for Not Doing it All: Develop Flexible and Realistic BoundariesThe combination of technology and working from home has left us feeling the need to be “always on.” We’ve heard how critical downtime is...
Kate GigaxMay 27, 20212 minThe High Achiever’s Recipe for Not Doing It All: Build a Support SystemThe ingredients in the Not Doing It All recipe ladder up to creating a support system. Most elite performers have support, and a lot of...
Kate GigaxApr 9, 20213 minWhat Our Triggers Say About UsLet’s talk about the voice in your head. The one whose running commentary is often very… harsh. While that voice is often very...
Kate GigaxMar 26, 20212 minWhy The Pandemic Made Us Reevaluate Our LivesLet’s face it, it’s a challenge for many of us to feel a sense of forward movement in the current environment at work and in our personal...
Kate GigaxMar 11, 20215 minGoal Setting to Get Results: WOOP (there it is) When we seek to create forward movement in life, goal-setting is the go-to starting point. As an executive coach, much of my work with...
Kate GigaxMar 5, 20212 minTwo Steps to a Stronger RelationshipBuilding stronger relationships, in both our professional and personal lives, is something that so many of us want to do, we just don’t...
Kate GigaxFeb 9, 20213 min Apply This Scientific Principle for More Ease at Work - and in LifeTwo of our natural human tendencies create drama and drain our energy on a daily basis: making things more difficult than they need to be...
Kate GigaxNov 12, 20204 minHigh Achieving Women: Don't Get Stuck in Act IRaise your hand if you consider yourself a high achieving woman. I’m there with you. In fact, when people ask me what I do, my answer is,...
Kate GigaxNov 12, 20202 min'Good Girls:' Voice Your Value or Fall Behind (Act II series)Many high achieving women struggle to speak about their value in absolute terms despite the positive benefits that they could reap from...
Kate GigaxNov 12, 20203 minBuild Your Brand With Intention (Act II series)High achievers will become competent in whatever we are given because that’s just part of how we work. Being unintentionally competent in...
Kate GigaxNov 12, 20203 minStreamline and Learn the Power of 'No' (Act II series)We’ve all been there: taking on additional projects that don’t actually pay off, that aren’t aligned with our interests, and that end up...
Kate GigaxNov 12, 20203 minDetermine What You Want and Act on It (Act II series)Determining what you want is one of life’s most fundamental questions and many of us are not living with it at the forefront. We are so...
Kate GigaxNov 5, 20205 minThe Power of Authentic Introverted LeadershipWe can all relate to moments in organizational life where the question, “Do I belong here?” creeps into our minds. For some, it becomes a...