by Robyn McLeod | Mar 7, 2019 | Thoughtful Leadership
Early in the year I wrote about my personal vision to create better, happier workplaces and my commitment to focus on the management behaviors that lead to ideal workplaces. In the first blog post I shared the benefits of and best approaches to positive reinforcement....
by Lisa Kohn | Feb 14, 2019 | Management Skills
I often counsel my clients to make themselves dispensable. They often question me when I suggest that, but I mean it. Part of a leader’s or manager’s role is to make sure that their team can survive without them – to manage themselves out of the picture. Now, you...
by Robyn McLeod | Sep 20, 2018 | Management Skills
Ever sit in a meeting and wonder to yourself, “Why are we talking about this?” “When is he going to shut up so I can get back to my real work?” or “Is this really the best use of my time?” Often the workday is filled with back-to-back meetings. You go from conference...
by Lisa Kohn | Aug 30, 2018 | Communication
We partner with clients to help their leadership teams have strategic (and necessary) conversations – the conversations they all know they need to have, and the conversations they all seem to be unable to have. Because there’s usually that “elephant...
by Chatsworth Consulting Group | Jun 5, 2018 | Thoughtful Leadership
“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.” ~Harry S. Truman “I can’t believe my boss took credit for my ideas,” my client said to me the other day during a coaching session. “She asked me for my...