Month: September 2020

September 25, 2020

Greg Thomas

Who is doing the Most?

There has always been a problem when it comes to high-pressure projects. Who is doing the most? Whether it’s how many hours you are putting in, how green your presence icon is, how green your github check-ins look, how many meetings you have, or who is pumping out the most bugs – the question never goes away. It’s a dumb question because when you think about it – if one person is doing most of the work – what is the point of the rest of the team. Sometimes it happens without you realizing, people keep giving you more and

September 24, 2020

Greg Thomas

The Hard Decisions made Remotely

It can be very tough right now to have the hard conversations with your team – when everyone is remote, when people are going through their own struggles, when each day is drastically more different than the last. But the Hard Decisions aren’t going anywhere. You are still going to have to handle them in a remote environment. Whether it’s over the phone or in video, you are going to have make the hard decisions for the benefit of whatever project you are working on and whatever team you are leading. For the sole reason, that they need you to.

September 23, 2020

Greg Thomas

Try

You will mess up. It won’t be perfect. You will get it wrong. You’ll probably stumble. They might laugh at you. But maybe… You’ll learn something new. Realize where you went wrong. Figure out where you really want to go. Meet a new friend. But you’ll never know if you don’t try. Forget what could go wrong and please, just try.

September 23, 2020

Greg Thomas

Remote Mentorship

For our final interview of Season 1 of Remotely Prepared, we were fortunate to sit down with Stacy Cassio – Founder & CEO of the Pink Mentor Network. It was a great interview and a perfect note to end the season on as Stacy talks about her experiences in growing her mentorship company on a remote scale. There is a ton of great information in it, so if you haven’t had a chance to listen to it, here it is. Full Episode

September 22, 2020

Greg Thomas

Onboarding is Changing

We used to put a lot of effort into what someone would see at their desk when they arrived on their first day. Some getting started reading, some papers to sign, a great workstation with new equipment, perhaps a lunch out on the first day to get to know you better and of course, the flybys by the leadership team throughout the day welcoming you to the company. How much of this is still happening? And if it is how are you giving it that personal feel to it? Are the equipment and books coming straight from Amazon? Are the

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