by Robyn McLeod | Feb 18, 2021 | Team Development
As we approach the one-year mark of the initial pandemic shutdown, many of us are looking back and reflecting on the seemingly endless months of sheltering in place, working from home, social distancing, cancelling plans, and seeing friends and family on a screen...
by Robyn McLeod | Jan 21, 2021 | Team Development
Let’s face it. 2020 was unprecedented in the demands, stressors, and shocks it created in our lives. What we hear from our clients is a combination of gratitude for faring through the churn mostly unscathed, exhaustion from the pressures and worry and melting of...
by Chatsworth Consulting Group | Mar 31, 2020 | Team Development
In these extraordinary and challenging times, we are focusing the Thoughtful Leaders Blog on topics that we hope will be most helpful now, such as: self-care, mindfulness, teaming and communicating virtually, moving through fear and uncertainty, and, as always,...
by Chatsworth Consulting Group | Jan 21, 2020 | Team Development
“In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.” ~Albert Einstein There is a great deal of difficulty around these days. It’s hard to find a newspaper article that is not about trouble and challenge. Everyone I talk with seems determined to share with me the...
by Robyn McLeod | Sep 26, 2019 | Team Development
Recently a client (we’ll call her Sue) shared her frustration following a conversation she had with a colleague. The discussion seemed pretty benign to me, so I asked Sue why she had such strong feelings about it. She then gave me the back story of an earlier...
by Lisa Kohn | Sep 19, 2019 | Team Development
We unfortunately set people up to fail all the time. We may have the best intentions, and we may think we’re setting our reports up to succeed, but we may be making things more difficult for them. We may not be giving them the resources and support they need, or we...
