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July 21, 2015

Greg Thomas

The Ask vs The Tell

Whether your in a position of authority or leadership or simply the gal whose been assigned to get a task done where whatever little bit of authority you have could be gone tomorrow when you move onto the next project the question is always the same – should I ask or should I tell? One could argue that the end “task completion” result will always be higher when you tell someone what to do, after all you’ve told them to “do it”, the result will be that they “did it”. On the other hand, when you ask for help or ask

July 18, 2015

Greg Thomas

Go Deep

One post I wrote about a few weeks ago whilst doing my altMBA was more of a reminder to myself, but I think it bears mentioning across everything we do. When the problems are large and heavy, we all have a tendency to glaze over them at first glance, perhaps become – “knowledgeable in a lot of things, but not really having deep understanding in a few things” – you know, get a gist for what is happening, not fully delve into it. In everything you do, go Deep, dig down, take the problem and twist it on it’s head

July 16, 2015

Greg Thomas

On Travelling and Customs

Many airlines now push for us to use our phone for check-in and use as little paper as possible.  Even hotel and car bookings can all be done electronically – give them your email address – get your booking information, time and date and pickup, how long you are staying, is there a pool in the hotel, etc, etc, etc. All this push to do everything electronically.   Sometimes I am not the person booking my own travel, if we travel in a group someone is nominated to get us a group rate or if it’s bundled with a conference,

July 15, 2015

Greg Thomas

altMBA – It’s Shipping Time

Thirty-One days ago I joined the altMBA class and today it ends.  It started off with a bang and end with a loud KABOOM! Every week I felt like this gif of Kermit, typing furiously to ship once, twice and keep on shipping, day in and day out.  On top of that, I worked to keep up with all the reading on my plate as well as reading and contributing to others.  I’m not going to lie, it was a lot of work, a lot of great work, and it was so worth it.  I have met some incredible people and

July 14, 2015

Greg Thomas

LinkedIn Invites Should not be about the Numbers

I used LinkedIn everyday – it is a great tool, but like any tool it sometimes gets abused and we start to develop bad habits around it. I read an article a few years ago that you should reach out to whoever you want to be associated with, the kinds of people you want to know and meet and send them a connection request on LinkedIn so you can connect with them. I’d like to update that request with a few ancillary points; If you really want to talk to them, there are many other channels other than LinkedIn to