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Gary Mayes
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Finding Your Writing Process
If you are a leader, you are in the communication business. That means, you need a process for putting thoughts into writing. Here's mine.
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Gary Mayes
Jun 20, 2023
Finding Your Writing Process
If you are a leader, you are in the communication business. That means, you need a process for putting thoughts into writing. Here's mine.


Gary Mayes
Jun 13, 2023
Change Is Hard
Twelve months ago, I found myself in the throes of the largest, most disruptive, and personally difficult season of organizational change...


Gary Mayes
Jun 6, 2023
Your Sabbatical Can be Healthy for Your Whole Organization
A healthy sabbatical offers an organization--not just a leader--powerful opportunities to take new ground.


Gary Mayes
Jan 13, 2022
It’s Time to Give Away Power
I want to talk about power. No, not the dark side of power nor all the abuses that flow from it—a good topic for another day—but the...


Gary Mayes
Dec 2, 2021
Cure for a Culture of Blame
Maybe it’s the nature of politics. Maybe it’s just part of human nature. Either way, it seems that the public rhetoric of our day is...


Gary Mayes
Oct 28, 2021
How Can I Build Trust?
Does it seem to you like we live in a moment when trust of leaders is at a real low? In politics we are more suspicious than ever. In the...


Gary Mayes
May 20, 2021
3 Reasons YOU Need a Canary
Coal mining is tough stuff. Gritty. Dangerous. Anything but romantic—except for the cute little canaries carried deep into the mines to...


Gary Mayes
Apr 22, 2021
Overcoming Vision Paralysis
If you’ve read my recent posts on vision, you’ve heard me say I think Vision is a subject that has gone out of vogue among leaders. I...


Gary Mayes
Apr 9, 2021
VISION — The Oil of Your Organizational Engine
The power of an engine means it creates friction. The problem with friction is that it kills engines. Every engine generates friction, no...


Gary Mayes
Mar 25, 2021
Why Doesn't Our Vision Statement Inspire People?
Let me cut straight to the bottom line. The reason that vision statements fail to inspire and rally the troops is very simple: Vision is...
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