Month: April 2020

April 16, 2020

Greg Thomas

Leading in the Dark

Right now, many leaders are learning what it feels like to lead in the dark. When their team isn’t connected to their elbow, when they can’t see what they are doing, when they can’t stop by their desk for a quick 5 minute chat. If can be a bit panicky because here you are expected to lead them and you can’t even find them. It’s okay thought because you’ve been here before, when you first started leading the team, when you didn’t know anyone, when you didn’t know the team, when you had to learn everyone’s name and figure out

April 15, 2020

Greg Thomas

The Usual Suspects

We all know who they are. The usual group that when they get together, the same results happen, or rather don’t happen. Nothing changes, progress creeps to a halt and the everyone wonders aloud what went wrong. For change to happen, you some times need to break up the suspects and put them in their own corners, let them go or walk away. Whichever you choose, know that it isn’t your fault

April 14, 2020

Greg Thomas

Are we still working Late?

The biggest hurdle to working from home, is knowing when to shut it down. This isn’t easy to overcome. I’ve spent many years working remotely and leaving the laptop alone, walking past it and not wondering what I might have missed while I was relaxing, is a hard temptation to resist. Some tips; Set your phone to Do Not Disturb during certain hours of the night, take a break, you need it. Work the consistent schedule that works for you and stick with it. Resist the urge to take calls later and later into the day when you would normally

April 13, 2020

Greg Thomas

What’s your Badge?

It seems every new piece of software I download lately, I get a badge for installing the software. I get another badge for telling someone about it. If I do the most basic of things, I get another badge. If I do nothing, I have a chance at getting a badge for pondering what to do and taking my time. (Perhaps not the last one, but you get the idea). The idea behind Gamification is a great one, but we’ve over abused to the point that standing up is now a badge. It’s not. A badge is something you work

April 10, 2020

Greg Thomas

Is Your Approach Going to Change?

Your team might not be different, but how you are talking to them, engaging with them, joking with them is. The question is whether you are going to change your approach for them or whether you’re going to keep on doing the same old, same old in the hope that it works out.

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