Three Questions for Your Next Team Meeting

What are we not doing well at? Where should we focus our attention? What do you need from me for us to be a success? The first question is the hardest to ask, the flood gates will open and teams will spend the most time here as people jump onto their answers and add more – good. If your team has nothing to say, keep prodding, there is always something, always. The second question gets the team to set the priority, you get to set the context – yes this is an issue – but we have these other items

May 1, 2019

Greg Thomas

Leaving the Race To First Behind

If you don’t come first are you going to quit? If you are the second best presentation to your client is it time to throw the towel in? If you don’t get the gold star on your code review is it time to look elsewhere because someone is better than you? If you don’t finish your work as fast as someone else should you pack up and go home? Probably not right? You’re still going to wake up tomorrow, you’re still going to put out your best work and you’re still going to try to do whatever it is you’re