by Chatsworth Consulting Group | Mar 5, 2024 | Thoughtful Leadership
“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” ~Mary Oliver Every time I read this quote, I get reinspired to be even more intentional and Thoughtful with my day, my time, and my life. Whereas I like to think that we get more than one...
by Lisa Kohn | Feb 22, 2024 | Team Development
I was meeting with a client the other day, and he was lamenting about the leadership team he’s on. “We’re just not willing to have the hard conversations,” he told me. “Everyone is afraid of giving tough feedback to each other, so nothing gets said.” Unfortunately, we...
by Lisa Kohn | Dec 21, 2023 | Communication
‘Tis the season of happy and merry and peace on earth. Yet it also seems to be the season of frustration and strained relationships and short fuses, at least sometimes. Why is that? We could easily write about overwhelm and overcommitment and over-doing, which are...
by Lisa Kohn | Oct 5, 2023 | Personal growth
I recently received very tough feedback. Very tough unsolicited feedback, I might add. It wasn’t fun. I had known that something had gone wrong in a meeting a few weeks prior. I worried that my drive to action during the meeting hadn’t necessarily helped...
by Lisa Kohn | Jul 27, 2023 | Communication
Whenever we teach communication skills, we talk about the importance of intention. One of the first things you see on our website – “Be intentional.” Obviously, we think that intention is everything. But, in some ways, it’s also nothing. It is...