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...
by Robyn McLeod | Apr 27, 2023 | Communication
“I tell my team all the time how great they are,” one leader recently told me. Yet, I knew from conversations with her team members that they felt their leader did not see them as competent and did not trust them with high-level work. While she said how...
by Chatsworth Consulting Group | Mar 7, 2023 | Management Skills
“The key to leadership is influence not authority.” ~Kenneth Blanchard There is a leadership fact that I always share with clients. The higher up the food chain you go in an organization, the more your job is not about doing specific tasks. In fact, at times...
