by Lisa Kohn | Jan 2, 2025 | Thoughtful Leadership
There is a quote from the poem, The Summer Day, by Mary Oliver. “What do you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” Each time I read or hear this quote, it reminds me to pay attention. To value each day. To lean more into Thoughtful Leadership – being more...
by Chatsworth Consulting Group | Dec 10, 2024 | Thoughtful Leadership
“A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.” ~Maya Angelou A client confided in me the other day that he really wanted to get involved with a certain project at work, but he was afraid to bring it up to his boss. “I might not be...
by Chatsworth Consulting Group | Nov 26, 2024 | Thoughtful Leadership
“We cannot climb up a rope that is attached only to our own belt.” ~William Ernest Hocking The other day I noticed that all of my coaching calls seemed to have a theme. Each of my clients shared with me something that was going on for them that was tough. Some had...
by Chatsworth Consulting Group | Nov 21, 2024 | Thoughtful Leadership
I was working through an exercise with a colleague in my Positive Psychology course, and I shared with her something that I heard years ago that I found almost unbelievable and quite life-changing. “If you feel guilty when you do something, it probably means...
by Chatsworth Consulting Group | Nov 12, 2024 | Thoughtful Leadership
“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” ~Winston Churchill I’m not certain if our fear of failure is more nature or nurture. If we’re hardwired that way or if we’ve been socialized to fear what feels like falling on our face in...
by Chatsworth Consulting Group | Oct 29, 2024 | Thoughtful Leadership
“You can’t stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.” ~ Winnie The Pooh (A.A. Milne) Winnie the Pooh is one of my favorite philosophers. He knows so much. I especially love that he is so humble in his...
