Articles for category: Growth

February 7, 2024

Greg Thomas

Meeting Follow-Ups

How many times have you shown up to the next meeting with no one having done their follow-ups for the next meeting? Next time it happens, that person gets no follow-ups, delegate to someone else who gets theirs done. If no one is getting follow-ups done, don’t assign them – sounds bad – but if no one’s doing what you need them to, then either you have the wrong roster in the meeting that cares or people are too overloaded to take on more work. That means the problem your meeting is trying to solve isn’t the top priority and

February 5, 2024

Greg Thomas

Keeping Score

The only score is growth. Are you improving? Are you growing? Are you getting better? It’s not a short game, it’s a long game, and you’re just getting started.

February 3, 2024

Greg Thomas

What Value are Meeting Agendas?

If they come out 5 minutes before the meeting, they are pointless – no one is reading it – they are on their way to the meeting. If they come out two days before the meeting, they are read through and forgotten.  And so much can happen in two days that they are probably going to change. Every story has a start, middle, and end – that’s what makes a great story. Lead with that when you start, when everyone is there… Problem, Discussion, Solution Updates, Questions, Next Keep it simple, every meeting has 3 points – if they don’t

January 31, 2024

Greg Thomas

Speak Softly

And carry a pen? Type on a keyboard? Be the first one there? Be the last one out? Wait till the end to ask questions. Whatever it is, just go softly, just be there, and let your actions dictate what sometimes becomes your words. Everything else will fall into place from there.

January 26, 2024

Greg Thomas

26 Days In….

How is the New Year? Hitting every goal? Reaching every peak? Go easy, you’re only 26 Days in, stay the course, and keep on achieving your goal correctly and not by an indeterminate amount of time.