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Know Your Customers and Handle them with Care
Behind every thriving business is one timeless truth: success starts with knowing your customer. Too often, organizations pour energy into building products, designing services, or launching campaigns, only to find they’ve missed the mark. Why? Because they skipped the most crucial step: understanding who their customers are and what they truly need . At Gig’s Greenhouse Consulting & Advisory Solutions (GGCAS) , we view this as the foundation that every successful business m
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Nov 42 min read


Growing Stronger Together: How Nonprofits and Organizations Can Help One Another
Growing Stronger Together: How Nonprofits and Organizations Can Help One Another In today’s complex world, no one thrives in isolation, not individuals, not businesses, and certainly not nonprofits. The greatest impact happens when communities, organizations, and nonprofits recognize that they’re part of the same ecosystem and lean into collaboration. At Gig’s Greenhouse Consulting & Advisory Solutions (GGCAS) , we see collaboration as the sunlight, soil, and water that help
drgretchenlain
Oct 272 min read


Wearing All the Hats: The Seed Planter (Visionary/Entrepreneur), the Gardener (Organizer/Manager), and the Grower (Doer/Implementer)
If you’ve ever run a small business, you know the truth: some days you feel like you’re juggling flaming torches while riding a bicycle...
drgretchenlain
Oct 102 min read


Plan. Prioritize. Do.
In a world full of competing demands, success rarely comes from working harder—it comes from working smarter. The simple yet powerful...
drgretchenlain
Sep 211 min read


Get Organized, Stress Less: The Power of the “Don’t Touch It More Than Once” Rule
Stress often sneaks in when life feels messy... emails piling up, projects half-done, or laundry waiting in the corner. The truth is,...
drgretchenlain
Sep 172 min read


Burnout Is Not Just a Personal Problem... It's a Systems Signal
Burnout isn’t just about overworked individuals, it’s often the symptom of deeper organizational misalignment. As an I-O psychologist,...
drgretchenlain
Sep 151 min read


🏈 Engagement Is the Game: How to Win on and off the Field
Fall is here, which means Saturdays are packed with one of my favorite events, football!!! The energy, the rivalries, the game-changing...
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Sep 132 min read


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Sep 121 min read


😅 Productivity Over Busyness: Lessons From an “Organizational” Psychologist
People hear my title, " Industrial-Organizational Psychologist " and immediately assume my pantry is color-coded, my calendar is...
drgretchenlain
Sep 121 min read


🔑 The Power of One More Question
As I glance over at my new purchase, a tiny ‘Jaws’ head now serving as the centerpiece in the fish tank with Silverback and Little Fin...
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Sep 112 min read
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