About us.
Turning thought into action: The TAP Think story.
TAP Think grew out of a passion for positive change. Through her years of experience working as a leadership coach, owner Lena Gray has seen what a difference good training can make. She’s passionate about helping individuals and organisations achieve personal and professional growth by releasing their real potential.
Lena is a world leader in Applied Neuro-Synergy leadership training. She’s an authentic, straight-talking voice in a field filled with buzzwords and vague promises. Since 2004 she’s been offering leadership training using the principles of Social Cognitive Neuroscience and Cognitive Psychologies, and has achieved worldwide recognition for her work.
TAP Think is a way for Lena and her co-trainers to reach out to even more people. It’s about bringing positivity, support and practical skills to the world of leadership training.
Our story begins here...
Like many success stories, this story begins with hardship, difficulties, and even severed relationships. All of which can and does elicited an immense desire to come up with something better; something that would provide value and sustainability for those individuals who commit their lives and even put their lives on the line to help others; something that would assist the development of those helping. Something that would contribute and positively impact community growth and continue evolve and grow beyond its own potential. This story begins in Aotearoa, New Zealand. The birth place and home of the Total Actualisation Psychology, TAP Think, and The Academy of Applied Neuro-Synergy.
I couldn't believe it...
Leaving any war torn environment gives rise to clarity of mind, freedom to think, creativity, rationality, possibility, potentiating, and so much more. This moment in time in 2017 was no exception. Having never considered leaving 15 years of familiarity, leadership status, respect, acknowledgement and the like behind, albeit
war-like, there was a sense of fear. Fear of loss of friendships, the unknown, judgement, contempt, status, career, even defamation. But there was also the fear of staying - The greatest fear. And, what came from this place of fear in 2017, was incredible.
The release from control and command and social brain starvation, the freedom to think independently, to think outside of the box and express it all freely, to develope models, systems, and tools aligned with the newest scientifically evidenced knowledge, to oppose A-scientific models, to develope and design programs with the newest and freshest social cognitive and behavioural neuroscience that nurtures and satiates the human brain. And, ultimately. to have the means to build a brand new future with, and for, all peoples of the world. It was unbelievably amazing. And, so began the journey of creation.
I made this change...
New Everything - As the creations began to populate and come together seamlessly. It was like magic...
A new hub working leaders, trainers, coaches, consultants, teachers, social and mental health workers, and others in the business of people, or looking to start a career in the industry.
And, New social cognitive based training programs to learn and teach; New brain based models to sky rocket quality conversations and see spectacular life and business plans come to life; New Personal Achievements; New Community drives; New business opportunities; New Relationships; New Results - New Everything!
It was Applied Neuro-Synergy in action. And it was nerve wracking. It got real - Fast! The "not knowing" of how TAP Think and Applied Neuro-Synergy would be received by the world began to emerge. But, the sound strategies for innovating this amazing change worldwide made fast work of settling the nerves, leaving only hope - Hope for a welcoming reception.
And finally it was...
After many conversations I began to plan how to provide programs to support trainers coaches and leaders within our international communities to continue to enrich the individuals, families and businesses they serve.
Beyond planning the next step was to innovate. To strategically put TAP Think and The Academy of Applied Neuro-Synergy (previously known as GAANS before the 2022 rebrand) out there and on the map to begin the journey of raising the bar in the people potentiating and performance industry. Ready with what we needed start, TAP think and The Academy of Applied Neuro-Synergy were relaunched.
