Month: June 2020

June 22, 2020

Greg Thomas

Lack of Leadership

A void in leadership can demotivate a team from 100 to 0 in seconds. Where everyone is looking for an answer, a path, a direction, anything that they can follow as a guide, hearing nothing in return leaves you feeling stuck, lost and confused. So what do you do? Step 1, figure out what you can do. Step 2, do it. Step 3, bring people in to so they can become a part of what you are doing. Step 4, don’t stop. Leadership appears in all sorts of places, even in ourselves, when we least expect it. Want more? Check

June 19, 2020

Greg Thomas

Which Chips Do You Want?

When someone says – “I want a bag of chips” – and you go to the store and return with a bag of chips, you are invariably destined to get the ill-fated response of – “Those aren’t the kind I wanted.” Such is life in any request for software. I want it to be blue. (But really, only in the bottom right corner). We need to be agile. (But we don’t want to change what we are doing). We should use this framework. (Not really, but it sounds nice). These are the statements that will be thrown at you as

June 18, 2020

Greg Thomas

Heading Back to the Office

I made a joke on a meeting yesterday that between meetings, we could all take a moment and make a quick run to Tims for a coffee. There were a lot of groans. As some offices gear up for going back to the office the question many of us will be asking ourselves are – what are we going to take from this experience and keep using in our day today. To throw everything that you have done over the past three months out the window would be a loss of growth, development and leadership to what your team has

June 17, 2020

Greg Thomas

Team Culture is a Nudge

I’ve been having this conversation with people over the last few weeks about Team Culture. What it takes to make it successful, what elements should go into it, who you should follow, etc, etc. There are a few core elements to this discussion but one that I always like to remind myself of – developing that team culture where everyone gets along, works together, does more together than apart, knows where each are weak, others are strong and they work together to fill in the gaps – that team culture – it doesn’t happen all at once. It doesn’t even

June 16, 2020

Greg Thomas

Today’s Summary…

It is okay to say to someone – you don’t need a summary for today’s meeting. Because you were there, in the moment, listening, taking feedback, asking questions, being a part of the conversation and listening to what everyone is saying. More than likely, you took your own notes. Summaries are for people who didn’t attend the meeting that need to know what was discussed. If you are leaving a meeting you just attended and need the summary to remember what was discussed and agreed upon, chances are… you didn’t attend the meeting. Want more? Check out my book Code

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