Leadership Matters

Life has changed dramatically over the past weeks, and we must expect that it will continue to veer far from normal for quite some time.

The data on this pandemic indicates that there will be many more cases of COVID-19 in the upcoming weeks and all of us—particularly leaders—need to do everything we can to lead well through this challenging time.

Remember, at Carpenter Smith Consulting, we believe that:

Leadership is the willingness to influence
your world and the willingness to be influenced
by your world, regardless of role or title.

We’re committed now more than ever to support you in your leadership so that you can create success for you and your world.

In addition to our regular Monday Morning Business Coach email, we’ll be sending out a second post each week to help you in navigating this new virtual world that we’re working in. Those posts can be found below:

Leading Through Unprecedented Times

The data on this pandemic indicates that there will be many more cases of COVID-19 in the upcoming weeks and all of us—particularly leaders—need to do everything we can to lead well through this challenging time…Read More

Lead with Social Safety

With the current level of fear and all of the unknowns, it’s hard for our brains to focus, learn, retain, and change. What this means for you in your leadership is that you’ll be more powerful if you can paint the picture…Read More

Structure Matters

With more of us working from home right now, it’s leaving many people feeling unsettled and unproductive. The structure that we once had is gone and many of us haven’t put new, guiding structures into place…Read More

From Shock to Grief

Over the past few weeks, most of us have been in shock – stunned that this is really happening. We’ve heard ourselves and others say: “This feels surreal,” or “How can this be happening?” or  “Just a few weeks ago I was planning to visit my parents this week.” Some of the time…Read More

A Corporate Response to a Human Problem

We teach leaders the importance of pausing before acting so that they can decrease their reactivity and respond as thoughtful, impactful leaders. One problem that we’re seeing during this COVID-19 pandemic crisis is that some leaders are failing to differentiate between the…Read More

If I Have to Make One More Decision

Highlights decision fatigue
The world as we know it has flipped upside down, and there are seemingly more decisions to make than ever. Whether we’re deciding if it’s safe to walk around the block, or go to the store, or reworking our schedules so that we can attend to homeschooling our kids…Read More

Don’t Give Up, Show Up

In response to the April 13th, 2020, post, Living Thoughtfully: Listening to Your Wisdom, a colleague of ours (a woman in health care leadership) has given us permission to share her beautiful response…Read More

3 Steps to Great Impact

We’ve been working with a small team of leaders over the past year to support them in increasing their ability to create engagement within their organization, to develop alignment across key leaders on some…Read More
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