Articles for category: Growth

September 20, 2024

Greg Thomas

The Reviewer’s Responsibility

The reviewer’s responsibility is to read what is put in front of them, acknowledge the content, and provide feedback where appropriate. If they don’t read it, they aren’t reviewing it, if they aren’t reviewing it they are not a reviewer. Finding reviewers is not easy – the good ones provide know the reason they are reviewing, they don’t rush it, they look at multiple points of view and provide feedback because that’s what is asked of them. The person that might be asking for a document, might not be the reviewer you need.  This can be extremely frustrating because one

September 19, 2024

Greg Thomas

Unclear Meetings

Don’t leave a meeting not sure what you are supposed to do next. Don’t leave a meeting knowing people who attended are not sure what to do next. Don’t attend a meeting if you’re not sure what it’s about or whether you need to be there. None of this is being rude (unless you’re being rude), it’s about holding yourself, your teams, and your meetings to a higher standard.

September 18, 2024

Greg Thomas

The Unintended Path

You didn’t sign up for it. You didn’t ask for it. In some cases, you probably didn’t even want it and avoided it as much as you can. But here you are, on that path, that unintended path. And you have two options; Make it the path you want to be on. Sit until you’re able to do #1. It’s okay to start with #2, but it’s not okay to stay there.  The longer you stay on #2, the worse #1 looks, but the sooner you get onto the Unintended path, the sooner you make it your own, you make

September 15, 2024

Greg Thomas

Are we Still Reading?

Or do we look at a long email and go – not worth the effort? Too many pages – that’s going to be tough. The font is way too small for me to understand. When you read, you consume, you ponder, you digest, you think.  In some cases, you can’t finish it all at once so you again ponder and think. You don’t have to read everything and anything, but if it’s sent to you, you need to.