Month: November 2021

November 25, 2021

Greg Thomas

Avoiding THE Plan

There is no point in having a plan if you’re not going to follow it. But there is also no point in avoiding making a plan, simply because you didn’t follow it in the past. Not having a plan is okay for you – “I’ll wing it and figure it out when I get there” – but definitely not good for your team and you as a leader. If it’s your first time planning, getting started is easy – ask your team what they need to see and start working through that list, inevitably you will add other pieces that

November 24, 2021

Greg Thomas

Hitting a Moving Target

Aiming for a moving target is easy – we do it every day as we try to line up plans and delivery schedules to get to where we need to be. At some point, there become too many variables in play that you are no longer planning for delivery but instead trying to figure out how everything comes together. If you’re finding yourself overwhelmed by the variables and not the output, focus on removing variables to stop the constant moving around and provide you bigger focus. Aiming is like putting a plan in motion, it’s easy to aim and say

November 23, 2021

Greg Thomas

Your Office is being Reconstructed

I didn’t think this would be a message that I would be receiving this week but there it was with the follow-up question – “Is there anything there that you need?” All I could remember was my unopened box of ramen noodles. A place I haven’t been at in over two years is being reconstructed for whenever I might return. I wonder if they’ll save my noodles.

November 22, 2021

Greg Thomas

Caveats for Success

I did a presentation a little while ago that was a deep dive analysis on the probability of delivery of across a variety of factors. It looked pretty good on paper but then we got to the last page with all the caveats. Numbers are good, but caveats drive it home. Caveats are everything that needs to be in place for you to be a success, for you to align your team, for you to make things happen, and actually give this plan a shot at success. Caveats are the baseline for your success and if you don’t know what

November 21, 2021

Greg Thomas

Spammers and News

There is a direct correlation between news events and call spam. When the pandemic struck, there were many calls I started to receive for owed money (from fictitious departments… c’mon guys put some effort into it). Now that borders have opened between countries I am getting calls for packages I have ordered waiting at the border (maybe it’s that ruler I ordered four months ago). The point is, if your business is entirely driven by reactionary events where you are waiting for something to happen to grow (not that I am encouraging the growth of call spam) you will always

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