Kate Gigax
The Dark Side of Being a Go-To Person
As a high achiever, being considered a “utility player” or a “go-to person” by colleagues and higher-ups was a badge of honor for most of...
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Kate Gigax
- Feb 10
- 4 min
It's Not a Resignation, It's a Break Up
The thought of resigning often induces feelings of anxiety, panic, avoidance and doubt. These same feelings come up when ending a...
Katie Engel
- Jan 26
- 2 min
3-2-1 Goals: A Tool for Setting Goals That Won't Drain You
How 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 Gigax
- Oct 21, 2021
- 3 min
The Water Cooler May Be Gone, Talking Isn't: A Current Approach to Knowing What People Are Saying
For 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 Gigax
- Oct 1, 2021
- 4 min
The Silver Bullet of Management: One-on-One Meetings
One-on-one meetings are the norm in many organizations, but it’s quite common for them to be… sub-optimally utilized. Sound familiar?...
Kate Gigax
- May 27, 2021
- 2 min
The High Achiever’s Recipe for Not Doing it All
High 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 Gigax
- May 27, 2021
- 2 min
The High Achiever’s Recipe for Not Doing it All: Find Perspective by Zooming Out
Ask 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 Gigax
- May 27, 2021
- 2 min
The High Achiever’s Recipe for Not Doing it All: Prioritize Your Top Five
High achievers can occasionally lack discernment. In other words, the pursuit of excellence often gets applied universally when it would...
Kate Gigax
- May 27, 2021
- 2 min
The High Achiever’s Recipe for Not Doing it All: Develop Flexible and Realistic Boundaries
The 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 Gigax
- May 27, 2021
- 2 min
The High Achiever’s Recipe for Not Doing It All: Build a Support System
The 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 Gigax
- Apr 9, 2021
- 3 min
What Our Triggers Say About Us
Let’s talk about the voice in your head. The one whose running commentary is often very… harsh. While that voice is often very...
Kate Gigax
- Mar 26, 2021
- 2 min
Why The Pandemic Made Us Reevaluate Our Lives
Let’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 Gigax
- Mar 11, 2021
- 5 min
Goal 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 Gigax
- Mar 5, 2021
- 2 min
Two Steps to a Stronger Relationship
Building stronger relationships, in both our professional and personal lives, is something that so many of us want to do, we just don’t...
Kate Gigax
- Feb 9, 2021
- 3 min
Apply This Scientific Principle for More Ease at Work - and in Life
Two 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 Gigax
- Nov 12, 2020
- 4 min
High Achieving Women: Don't Get Stuck in Act I
Raise 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 Gigax
- Nov 12, 2020
- 2 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 Gigax
- Nov 12, 2020
- 3 min
Build 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 Gigax
- Nov 12, 2020
- 3 min
Streamline 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 Gigax
- Nov 12, 2020
- 3 min
Determine 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...