by Chatsworth Consulting Group | Mar 22, 2022 | Personal growth
“No person ever became great or good except through many and great mistakes.” ~William E. Gladstone Many years ago, I was sitting in a large audience at an internal client meeting. The head of research was presenting new information – I don’t remember what...
by Lisa Kohn | Feb 10, 2022 | Personal growth
I was in a coaching session with a client a few weeks ago. I don’t remember exactly what we were talking about; I just remember that my client was recounting something that had happened, and then, as if out of nowhere, they said that thing that I, unfortunately, hear...
by Chatsworth Consulting Group | Feb 23, 2021 | Thoughtful Leadership
“Lord, when we are wrong, make us willing to change. And when we are right, make us easy to live with.” ~Peter Marshall I don’t know when I’m tougher to be around, when I’m wrong or when I’m right. I suppose you’d have to ask those who live and work with me on a daily...
by Chatsworth Consulting Group | Oct 9, 2018 | Thoughtful Leadership
“Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.” ~George Bernard Shaw Years ago I was at an internal meeting at Verizon. A leader stood up and said one of the best things I’ve ever heard. “We make every...
by Chatsworth Consulting Group | Mar 13, 2018 | Personal growth
“The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything.” ~Theodore Roosevelt Why is it that we (that I) get so hung up on the mistakes we make? Or even sometimes on the mistakes that others make around us. What is this notion that somehow resides...
