by Chatsworth Consulting Group | Nov 29, 2022 | Thoughtful Leadership
“A word of encouragement during a failure is worth more than an hour of praise after success.” ~Anonymous We coach and teach clients to offer more praise, to provide more positive feedback, and to catch people doing things right. All of these are important and...
by Chatsworth Consulting Group | Aug 16, 2022 | Thoughtful Leadership
“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.” ~George Bernard Shaw I have clients (and colleagues, and friends, and family members…and myself at times) who are so afraid of messing up that they...
by Chatsworth Consulting Group | Jun 28, 2022 | 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...
by Lisa Kohn | Jun 9, 2022 | Thoughtful Leadership
I recently watched a TED video of Angela Lee Duckworth, a psychologist who has studied success in students, West Point cadets, teachers, sales people, and more. Her research has determined something we need to know as leaders, managers, individual contributors, and...
by Robyn McLeod | Apr 21, 2022 | Thoughtful Leadership
Taking on a leadership role is an important step in anyone’s career. What trips many people up though is the belief that leadership is a solitary job – that you have to have all the answers, that you have to make all the decisions, and that you have to be on top of...
