Grace Marshall https://gracemarshall.com/ Refreshingly human productivity Mon, 11 Dec 2023 11:03:08 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://gracemarshall.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/gm_favicon_2.png Grace Marshall https://gracemarshall.com/ 32 32 Are we collectively holding our breath? https://gracemarshall.com/are-we-collectively-holding-our-breath/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=are-we-collectively-holding-our-breath Thu, 23 Nov 2023 07:42:26 +0000 https://gracemarshall.com/?p=10692 I was chatting to a leader about how his team were doing, and what he was noticing in his world of work: “I don’t know what to call it” he said. “Is it burnout? Wellbeing? Change fatigue? Mental health? I don’t know. I just feel like we don’t have the same resilience we used to.” […]

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]]> Been dealing with a lot lately? https://gracemarshall.com/been-dealing-with-a-lot-lately/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=been-dealing-with-a-lot-lately Wed, 10 May 2023 14:50:40 +0000 https://gracemarshall.com/?p=10520 I’ve been hearing from a lot of people recently that they feel busier than ever, but when they look at what they’re actually accomplishing, they can’t work out how, or why. You know what, I suspect it’s a cumulation of things. …it’s a lot! And by the way, stress reduces our cognitive and emotional resource […]

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]]> Practical thoughts on being a strength giver https://gracemarshall.com/practical-thoughts-on-being-a-strength-giver/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=practical-thoughts-on-being-a-strength-giver Thu, 27 Apr 2023 10:08:13 +0000 https://gracemarshall.com/?p=10413 “In my early days of parenting I struggled…what I needed wasn’t a fixer…I needed a witness… The fixer wants to take our burden. The witness gives us strength” Struggle Question: Any practical thoughts on how to be a strength giver? My good friend Sean asked me this and this is what I shared with him. […]

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]]> 3 ways to create safety around mistakes https://gracemarshall.com/3-ways-to-create-safety-around-mistakes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=3-ways-to-create-safety-around-mistakes Thu, 01 Dec 2022 16:51:53 +0000 https://gracemarshall.com/?p=10332 One thing I often explore with a team or organisation in a Struggle talk, is the culture around making mistakes. Specifically how safe is it, to talk about and learn from mistakes? And what helps? Here are three practical ideas: #my-latest-mistake At Think Productive, we have a Slack (our internal comms) channel called #my-latest-mistake. Here’s […]

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]]> Noticing resentment https://gracemarshall.com/noticing-resentment/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=noticing-resentment https://gracemarshall.com/noticing-resentment/#comments Fri, 22 Jul 2022 08:24:26 +0000 https://gracemarshall.com/?p=10151 Sometimes our fight/flight instinct is really easy to spot – like when we’re in complete procrastination or avoidance mode, or when we’re gripped by email rage (like road rage but with email). Other times it’s more subtle. It doesn’t look like panic or rage. It looks more like resentment, defensiveness, feeling got at, taken advantage […]

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]]> https://gracemarshall.com/noticing-resentment/feed/ 4 Struggling to say no? https://gracemarshall.com/struggling-to-say-no/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=struggling-to-say-no Wed, 09 Mar 2022 14:39:00 +0000 https://gracemarshall.com/?p=8534 Saying no is like a muscle. You get stronger with practice. If you know you could use some practice, here are three supporting ideas, curated from Twitter for you. The No folder This is brilliant because often the immediate pain of saying no overshadows the long term gain. Collecting up your ’no’s helps you to […]

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]]> “Why am I feeling so exhausted?” https://gracemarshall.com/why-am-i-feeling-so-exhausted-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-am-i-feeling-so-exhausted-3 Thu, 28 Oct 2021 07:00:00 +0000 https://gracemarshall.com/?p=7296 This one’s coming up a LOT recently. Are you feeling it too? One big factor I’ve noticed is all the stuff we’re starting anew. New school year. Return to the office. In person events. Weddings (so many weddings!) There’s a certain intensity to doing new things. We know that. But we forget this can also […]

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]]> Facing change and building space https://gracemarshall.com/facing-change-and-building-space/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=facing-change-and-building-space Tue, 06 Jul 2021 13:32:03 +0000 https://gracemarshall.com/?p=7245 One of the unintended benefits I noticed when the pandemic first hit, and we all had to get used to working and living in a very different way, was that our collective tolerance for imperfection increased. We were all trying new things, reinventing business models and practices, using unfamiliar technology, and getting to grips with […]

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]]> End of the world as we know it https://gracemarshall.com/end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it Tue, 12 May 2020 09:41:00 +0000 https://gracemarshall.com/?p=739 The post End of the world as we know it appeared first on Grace Marshall.

]]> Community building vs crowd control https://gracemarshall.com/community-building-vs-crowd-control/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=community-building-vs-crowd-control Wed, 18 Dec 2019 16:45:27 +0000 https://gracemarshall.com/?p=6784 Community has been on my mind a lot in the past few weeks. When I was getting ready for one of my recent conference keynotes I was struck by how my job isn’t so much to impart wisdom, but to raise the collective wisdom in the room. Yes I share insights, expertise and practical tips, […]

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