by Chatsworth Consulting Group | May 14, 2024 | Personal growth
“I’ve had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened.” ~Mark Twain I was on the phone with a coaching client, when he got an unexpected text from his boss that his boss needed to talk with him that day. Pretty much immediately. My client, who like...
by Lisa Kohn | Mar 28, 2024 | Awareness
I was sitting across the desk from my client, waiting for him to speak. “Do you really mean I have to embrace it?” he asked. “Do you really think I can?” We were talking about something horrific that had happened to him a long time ago, and how...
by Lisa Kohn | Mar 21, 2024 | Awareness
I was talking with a client the other day. She was explaining to me how stressed she had been feeling lately. Work was tough and too much. Family responsibilities were weighing on her. Overall, she was just feeling overwhelmed and depleted. I could hear it in her...
by Chatsworth Consulting Group | Aug 8, 2023 | Thoughtful Leadership
“The way to do is to be.” ~Lao Tzu We’ve become, in many ways, a culture of doing. We all (at least most of us) have endless to-do lists, and the pleasure surge of crossing things off our lists actually compels at least some of us to write things...
by Chatsworth Consulting Group | Jun 20, 2023 | Communication
“Listening is the willingness to be changed by what we hear.” ~Tara Brach I still think that listening to someone – really and truly listening to someone – is one of the hardest things to do. And one of the most essential, especially as a leader. Because, as Tara...