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You Will Fail

You WILL Fail. Those were the first words out of a friend’s mouth when, in 2011, we said we were going to create and send out a nugget of our best thinking every Monday morning for a year. For a brief moment we actually wondered, what could we possibly find to say every week for…

Filed Under: Monday Morning Business Coach Tagged With: career leadership, Carpenter Smith Consulting, commitment, connection, courage, failure, goals, leadership, Monday Morning Business Coach, pause, success, trust, workplace

You Are Not Alone

We were recently facilitating a company meeting with a team of people, many of whom had worked for the company for their entire career. In the meeting, people were complaining about the challenges they faced and the hardships of the current financial environment in their industry.    They were feeling threatened, singled out, and personally…

Filed Under: Monday Morning Business Coach Tagged With: career leadership, Carpenter Smith Consulting, challenges, communication, confidence, connection, conscious, courage, fear, leadership, Monday Morning Business Coach, pause, relationships, success, trust, workplace

Imposter Syndrome: You’re Not Alone

This week we want to talk about what we’ve all come to know as Imposter Syndrome – which is known as Imposterism in the research community.    Imposter Syndrome is a powerful and derailing experience. People with Imposter Syndrome believe that they have successfully hidden that they are not competent or capable and they believe that…

Filed Under: Monday Morning Business Coach Tagged With: career leadership, Carpenter Smith Consulting, challenges, communication, conscious, conversation, courage, emotions, feelings, imposter, leadership, Monday Morning Business Coach, pause, reflect, relationships, shame, trust

Examples of Great Questions

Over the last two weeks, we’ve been talking about the power of questions: The Right Questions Can Change Your Life and The Bones of a Great Question. Our articles have sparked requests from some of you asking if we could give examples of questions to ask. So, today, we’re doing just that. We’re sharing some great…

Filed Under: Monday Morning Business Coach Tagged With: care, career leadership, Carpenter Smith Consulting, challenges, collaboration, communication, conscious, conversation, emotions, engagement, hate, leadership, Monday Morning Business Coach, nurture, others, pause, reactions, reflect, relationships, resilience, responsibility, teamwork

What To Do if Your New Boss is Horrible

We recently had a conversation with a client who was feeling disheartened at work.   He had a long history with his organization and had, for many years, loved working there. He was invested in their mission and wanted to contribute to business success. He had a great deal of respect for the leadership team…

Filed Under: Monday Morning Business Coach Tagged With: action, career leadership, Carpenter Smith Consulting, challenges, communication, fundamental pause, growth, influencing and being influenced by, leadership, lenses of leadership, management, Monday Morning Business Coach, obstacles, ownership, possibility mindset, possibility thinking, resilience, take action, transparency

Fear Is Contagious

Fear is like a virus – it’s contagious. It spreads among individuals and, when left to flourish, it can take down organizations. Let us share an example. A few years ago, we worked with an organization where the CEO of the company was not a very skilled leader. She was harshly critical of the work…

Filed Under: Monday Morning Business Coach Tagged With: career leadership, Carpenter Smith Consulting, fear, growth, Monday Morning Business Coach, possibility thinking, self

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