Fight for our TCFF culture in all your daily actions!
As many of you may or may not know I have been a part of shaping the culture at Thompson for over 33 years and have also spent 30+ years on the sidelines coaching college, high school and youth sports. I’ve been a front-line staff member, manager, director, leader, supervisor, Vice President, Sr. Vice President, […]
Never Stop Learning: When You Stop Learning, You Stop Growing
What is a Learning Culture? A Learning Culture consists of an organization of individuals instilled with a growth mindset. A growth mindset is when an individual believes their talents can be developed through hard work, good strategies, and input from others. To effectively contribute to the mission of the organization, we must foster an environment where […]
Fundamental: We Don’t Argue With The Data
I’ve been with Thompson a little over 4 years now working in the PQI department and there have been many changes to our data reporting. For example, we used to use Excel spreadsheets that one person would take weeks to compile, including program quality metrics, employee data, and finance data. Manually crunching numbers, it was […]
Fundamental: “Quality Begets Quantity”
Many of you may know, I am a proud father of McKenzie, my precious 4-year-old daughter. One of the many things I am working with her on is the importance of taking care of what you have, and in doing so, more will come. I think this is a very important concept for her to […]
Fundamental: Everything begins and ends with leadership
Take a moment and think about any group endeavor you have ever been a part of in your personal or professional life where you had to accomplish a goal. It could be growing up playing sports, or working on a project in school, or any variety of professional goals you have pursued throughout your career. […]
Fundamental: No Margin, No Mission
Late last week, I stumbled upon an article from the Charlotte Observer about Thompson from April 27, 2015 titled “ Thompson Child & Family Focus at Crossroad”. The article went on to describe a $4 million funding gap, but also quoted the CEO at that time as saying that “We’re not going to change our […]