by Robyn McLeod | Sep 21, 2023 | Thoughtful Leadership
Most of our interactions with banks these days begins and ends at the ATM or our computer screen. So when we find a bank with great tellers and officers at the local branch, it’s a wonderful thing. Such was the case with Wells Fargo. My husband and I developed a...
by Chatsworth Consulting Group | Aug 15, 2023 | Thoughtful Leadership
“To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.” ~Anonymous We’ve all heard it many times. We’ve probably said it in fact. Fear, and especially fear of being wrong, kills creativity. It makes sense. How can we possibly be...
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 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 Chatsworth Consulting Group | Mar 28, 2023 | Awareness
“Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” ~Winston Churchill I debriefed a 360° feedback assessment this morning and it was tough. The feedback itself was a bit tough, and my client took it very hard. “I should...