Articles for category: Initiative

April 9, 2018

Greg Thomas

The Weakest Member on your Team

It’s going to happen. One day, as you look through all the successes of your team, as you sit atop your plateau, you will start to wonder why you haven’t grown any further. Everyone else will be happy with your success, but something will be nagging at you, something will be tugging at you asking that question that you know is always there. Who is holding us back? Who is the weakest member of our team? It’s not an easy question to answer and conversely, no one wants to be asking it. When people are asked this question, the initial

March 29, 2018

Greg Thomas

We Pose Too Much

In our photos. On LinkedIn. On Facebook. On Instagram. Everywhere. We take too much time to get the perfect shot, post or article when what everyone is really interested in seeing is how you got there. How many outtakes did it take to create that LinkedIn video? How many times did you try and take that photo before you got the perfect one? How many times did you edit that last post before you posted? That’s what everyone really wants to see, the work, the creativity, your method, the good, the bad and the ugly that came together in that

March 28, 2018

Greg Thomas

It’s Made To Be Broken

All of it. Everything. It’s all made to be broken. Because it all started from nothing and became something, but whatever it is, it’s not it’s final destination, it’s only the level it’s at today, waiting to be broken down and built into something greater. What is it? Your code. The cookies you are selling. Your current social media strategy. The process for which you package and ship your orders. The team you lead that was doing great but is now stagnating. Last night’s build. All of it, break it all and rebuild it into something greater.

March 26, 2018

Greg Thomas

This Is How we’ve Always Done It

Sounds good. And now that you’ve said it, now that you’ve uttered that most sacrilege of statements, it sounds like what you are really trying to say is… “This is How we’ve always done it, and it looks like we’ve always been doing it wrong” Challenge accepted.

March 21, 2018

Greg Thomas

Sniffing Markers: Where Have you Been?

It has been waaaaaaaaay too long since we posted some fresh content.  We are still here and are now back. As always, please rank, review and connect with us on Facebook! Download the latest episode here – https://sniffingmarkers.libsyn.com/ep-17-where-have-you-been