Articles for category: Initiative

August 18, 2023

Greg Thomas

Directionless Meetings

I dread a meeting that has no clearly defined beginning or end. It just starts… drones on… and ends somewhere… nowhere… anywhere? It doesn’t matter if it’s a 30, 60, 90, or 120-minute meeting, the result will still be the same… frustration at what you could have done during that time. So here we are, again, that meeting pops up that you know is going to end the same way it always does – what’s your next step? Ask what the goals are? Is there an agenda? Are we talking about things? Do I need to bring anything? One of

August 12, 2023

Greg Thomas

Building the Bench

The bench does not get built overnight. Building your leadership team takes time. It takes thought, on both sides, those putting out the offerings, and those receiving them. Our natural inclination is to rush in and build a team as quickly as we can, but this will always fail as quickly as we started. Take the time, find the right people, talk to them, build the bench you need for today and tomorrow.

August 10, 2023

Greg Thomas

You’re Mad because you Care

Getting mad at “something” at work is a sign that you care. Pure and simple – you care. If you’re not getting mad (and I don’t mean chair-throwing mad, but frustrated mad) then you don’t care about what you’re doing. And if you don’t care about what you’re doing…. then…

August 9, 2023

Greg Thomas

Change What Can be Changed

You can’t change everything. It’s worth stating that in all of your daily interactions, you might only be able to change 10% of what you actually do. But that 10% is yours to control, own and change as you see fit. It might be discouraging to hear that number at 10% – maybe in your life it is a larger number.  And the realization might not exist that you are not in control of everything, but perhaps that realization is also freeing in letting you know that it’s not all up to you to have to do everything.

August 7, 2023

Greg Thomas

Flip your Worldview

If you’re worldview is becoming a bit stale, if you are getting bored or dismayed by the same set of posts on your page or app, try any of the following… Watch something you would never normally watch. Read something completely out of your normal genre. Go somewhere different without a plan. Try something that would scare you. It might not flip your worldview, but it’ll definitely give it the update that you’re longing for.

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