by Chatsworth Consulting Group | May 23, 2023 | Team Development
“Fall down seven times, get up eight times.” ~Japanese Proverb I now enjoy skiing. I used to hate it. I hated it because I fell. And I hated that I fell. I once made my ski instructor fall getting off the lift. He told me he hadn’t fallen off a lift in over ten...
by Robyn McLeod | Apr 13, 2023 | Team Development
We’ve all been there. A new initiative is announced and you’re tapped for the project team that will handle planning and implementation. You may be excited about it or dreading it. And some of that may relate to whether you raised your hand for the opportunity or were...
by Robyn McLeod | Nov 3, 2022 | Team Development
Yesterday we said farewell to Ella, our exchange student from Australia. Her visit with us was a whirlwind with several trips into New York City to see the sights and soak up the liveliness of the New York holiday scene. But the time I enjoyed most was sitting around...
by Robyn McLeod | Oct 20, 2022 | Team Development
My family is hosting an exchange student from Australia next week and we’re really excited to welcome Ella to our home. While we may speak the same language (sort of), our suburban American life is worlds apart from her life in a small town in Northeastern...
by Robyn McLeod | Oct 6, 2022 | Team Development
I know two people who are actively looking for a new job. They show up at work each day, slog through their daily tasks, and take solace in the fact that they will be out the door within a few months. They are both highly regarded in their respective organizations,...
by Robyn McLeod | Sep 29, 2022 | Team Development
My mother-in-law had a saying about people who could be really great and then would do something that totally negated the good that they did. “He’s like a cow that gives a good bucket of milk – and then kicks it over,” she would say. I dubbed...