by Lisa Kohn | Feb 13, 2025 | Personal growth
Why is “no” such a difficult thing to say? We’re great at it when we’re two. “No” seems to be our favorite word at that age (at least it was for my kids). But somewhere along the line we forget that ability; we forget the word....
by Robyn McLeod | Feb 29, 2024 | Personal growth
Often we assume poor leaders and bad bosses are hopelessly stuck in their worst behaviors. Yet a recent post, Bad Leaders Can Change Their Spots, at HBR.org shares research that shows that, with clear developmental focus, the lowest-rated leaders can show significant...
by Robyn McLeod | Nov 16, 2023 | 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...
by Robyn McLeod | Oct 19, 2023 | Team Development
When I resigned my job as a general manager, the hardest part was leaving a great team of people who exceeded their goals and worked well together. But it was not always that way. When I took on the role, I quickly learned that the managers who reported to me were far...
by Lisa Kohn | May 4, 2023 | Self-Care
I’ve noticed a crisis recently, a crisis of trust. I’ve noticed how seldom and little many of us trust ourselves. I’ve noticed it with many of my clients. They have an inkling, a sense of a choice that is best for them or their team, but instead of...
