by Chatsworth Consulting Group | Nov 14, 2023 | Conflict Management
“Speak when you are angry, and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.” ~ Ambrose Bierce My passion and intensity is part of what defines me. It makes me me. And it makes me proud. Yet it sometimes gets in my way. Because some of my most passionate moments...
by Lisa Kohn | Aug 24, 2023 | Conflict Management
I spent a week at the beach with my extended family. Needless to say, it was great. Great weather. Great nature. Great company. Great times. Except for the day when my nephew had to work for hours. And hours. He’s not in the most junior position at his firm, but...
by Chatsworth Consulting Group | Jun 13, 2023 | Conflict Management
“By yielding you may obtain victory.” ~Ovid Just the other day I was about to tear my hair out because of my 3-year old son. All I needed to do was get out the door to run a few errands. And I swear, when I have an agenda, something I need to get done, it’s like...
by Chatsworth Consulting Group | Apr 11, 2023 | Conflict Management
“We are not retreating – we are advancing in another direction.” ~Douglas MacArthur We recently had a disagreement with a vendor we hired to help us with our business. Our first impulse was to argue for “our money’s worth” and demand that we get what we...
by Lisa Kohn | Sep 8, 2022 | Conflict Management
From the moment we wake up, we can be – and often are – in conflict with others. With our family members over how the day will go, with team members about the best next step on a project, with our manager over how to implement a new process, with colleagues about...
by Lisa Kohn | Jul 7, 2022 | Conflict Management
A client emailed me the other day, complaining about someone he had to work with. “I keep waiting for him to finish this project,” my client shared, “or at least to get back to me with where things are with the project, and it’s like he’s...
