Month: December 2017

December 8, 2017

Greg Thomas

Pointing Your Team Forward

If you are responsible for another person or person(s) on a particular task – you are a Leader (congratulations). There does not need to be a distinction between coordinator, manager, leader, chief of this or president of that. You are a Leader. So take a second, think about what direction you want this group of people to go in and take them there. Not sure what the first step is to make that happen? It’s you, moving forward and showing everyone where to go. Project timelines out of whack? Have a meeting to discuss what the team needs to do

December 7, 2017

Greg Thomas

A word about the word Employee

Not sure why, but it drives me nuts. Maybe it harkens back to the factory floor where someone is required to come in day after day to accomplish a certain task. They do that task and that’s all they do. We live in a multitude of economies now – connected, community, shared, creative – (the list goes on and on). We have different types of sales, marketing and development to round things out. But we have yet to evolve the term that defines so many of us and what we do. Is there another term that can be used to

December 6, 2017

Greg Thomas

Balancing Words and Actions

Words like Sustainable, Stable and Consistent have been switched out in favour of words like Disruption, Immediate and Catalyst. Ask anyone starting a new company as to which ones they want to be associated with and they will immediately state the latter. Ask anyone 3 – 4 years into running a company what words they value more and they’d say the former. The truth is you need them all. If you are constantly disrupting the marketplace people will see you as uncommitted, unsure and without direction. If you don’t release until every last bug is fixed, people will see you

December 5, 2017

Greg Thomas

Organic vs Provided Growth

Organic – happens over time, naturally, by Evolution. Provided – happens immediately, when required, by Injection. Neither is right or wrong or better than the other. One might better align with how you work and want to grow than the other. The question you need to ask yourself, taking into account you, your team, cofounders, market, competitive landscape and product implementation are what will be sustainable over the life of your company and what will not only satisfy your need to grow but to sustain that growth.

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