Month: December 2018

December 10, 2018

Greg Thomas

Asking for Validation or Asking for Feedback

We sometimes ask for Feedback, expecting validation in return. “This is perfect” “Great plan” “I like this approach” “No comments” And when we receive feedback we are disgruntled at what we get back. “It’s good but have you tried this?” “What if we incorporated this as well?” “I have some other ideas if you want to hear them?” This is feedback, these are comments that are designed to provide you with mechanism you need to improve on what you are doing and get better.  The former, are platitudes, validation and praise for what you are doing – whether warranted or

December 7, 2018

Greg Thomas

Performance Tuning is an Art

It takes time, it takes patience, it needs a methodical approach to measure what is needed – it cannot be all point and click as fast as you can go and then say – “we’ve tested for performance”. If you’re getting started with implementing a Performance Strategy for the first time there are a few steps you can take before you even start coding that will help set yourself and your team up for success. Plan it Out – What does success look like?  What is a failure?  “It’s running slow is not a failure, it’s a symptom”.  The more

December 6, 2018

Greg Thomas

Are you waiting for It to happen?

What is It that you are waiting for? Is It the right moment? The right idea? The right motivation? The right path? If you don’t know what It is than what are you even waiting for? Nothing?  Something? Instead of waiting for It to happen, why not try these other approaches; What is It?  Define it. When is It?  If you know what you’re waiting for then how long are you willing to wait? Why is It? Why are you waiting instead of doing something about it now? These aren’t Rocket Science, but so often when you talk to people,

December 5, 2018

Greg Thomas

Nobody Wants to be an Assistant

Until they are doing it. Until they are learning new things that they thought they “knew”. Until they start to see things from a different perspective. Until they get to focus on a different set of skills they never got to do as the Leader. The only thing wrong with being an Assistant is to think you can’t contribute the same or more than you were before.

December 4, 2018

Greg Thomas

New Leader, New Leader, New Leader !!!!!

The promise of someone to come in, take the reigns and save the day is always met with one of two responses. Great – here are all our problems, they’re all yours now. Whatever. Most believe the second to be the incorrect response when really it is a sign as to the team having a good understanding of the problem and realizing that throwing people at it will not solve it. The first sets this new person up to fail against all odds trying to fix every problem that has ever happened only because they have the title of Leader

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