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Apr 22

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

Mar 2

How Can My Triggers Help Me?

We get triggered when our buttons are pushed and we become somebody we’re not or, at least, someone we don’t want to be. What if these trig

Gary Mayes

Feb 16

Holding the Tension of Joy and Lament

I used to think that seasons of difficulty and sorrow were temporary challenges interrupting the normal equilibrium of life. They were...

Starting Your New Year with Sustainable Perspective

Gary Mayes

Jan 1

Starting Your New Year with Sustainable Perspective

While everyone is looking backward at the dumpster-fire-of-a-year we just finished, I want to offer a prescription for looking forward...

Gary Mayes

Dec 22, 2020

It’s Time for a Gratitude Challenge

It might seem a bit cliche to talk about gratitude during the holiday season. You might even be weary of what is often just flippant...

One of Our Biggest Questions :: Am I FOR or AGAINST?

Gary Mayes

Dec 17, 2020

One of Our Biggest Questions :: Am I FOR or AGAINST?

Being a leader is all about choices. Big ones. Small ones. Forgettable ones. etc. One of those decisions--in a category all its own--is...

How do you lead the way forward when the rules change?

Gary Mayes

Dec 8, 2020

How do you lead the way forward when the rules change?

When the rules change, everything and everyone goes back to the drawing board. The challenge is, embrace change as opportunity not a threat.

Gary Mayes

Dec 3, 2020

My 2020 Book of the Year

If a book is good, I don’t just read it. I have a conversation with it. I write comments, questions, and actionable ideas in the margins....

How Do We Get Beyond Superficial Gratitude

Gary Mayes

Nov 26, 2020

How Do We Get Beyond Superficial Gratitude

It’s Thanksgiving Day here in the U.S. and I love how this tradition calls out our better selves. We remind each other to stop, look...

Gary Mayes

Nov 24, 2020

One Simple Cure for Irritability

Let’s be honest. It’s Thanksgiving this week and lots of us are a little irritable. As we turn the corner toward the end of a “year...

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