Articles for category: Initiative

October 16, 2017

Greg Thomas

Find Your Mantra

Remember that line from the Force Awakens? Let me refresh your memory… That’s his mantra – no matter what is happening around him, no matter how good or bad it was, Chirrut centred himself with that one simple mantra that he repeated over and over to himself when he needed to calm down, push away anxiety or build himself up. We all need a mantra, a favourite song, a quick one-liner, something that we repeat to ourselves over and over again until we start saying it in a different voice, maybe singing it or with a different accent – until we

October 10, 2017

Greg Thomas

When Leadership Ignores the Bad News

The team learns to ignore it as well. And from the team, new members to join the team ignore it as well. And the cycle repeats. That’s the fall out. That’s how bad it will get. And that should be enough for Leaders to stop being complacent, stop ignoring the bad news and start confronting it head on.

October 9, 2017

Greg Thomas

The One Click Goal

Sometimes you can’t find everything in one click. Or find it on the first page of your search results. Or find it in your mess of a garage. Or find it in the myriad of statements you need to go through. Sometimes you need to dig for it, you need to work for it, you need to swift through the garbage to get to the good. Sometimes you need to work for it and you need to ask yourself whether it is worth more than one click to get there.

October 5, 2017

Greg Thomas

It’s Okay to Be Stressed Out

Working on something you love… your PASSION… with great people… you should never be stressed right? After all, great people, work you love – why feel stressed out? Why not? It happens, it’s life, there is nothing wrong with you. It doesn’t mean you don’t love what you are doing. It doesn’t mean you don’t have a great team. It doesn’t mean you aren’t happy. It simply means you your plate is full and now’s the time to see what you want to do about it. When I think of stress, I think of an inflection point, or a fork