Month: June 2022

June 10, 2022

Greg Thomas

The Mentor’s Dilemma

At some point in the mentoring process, the mentor sees the problem at hand. They realize what is holding back their mentee and what needs to be done before they move forward. It’s akin to the clicking moment that many coaches experience when someone they are working with “gets it”, in this case, it’s the mentor that has realized what the problem is. The dilemma, in this case, is a back and forth conversation that happens in the mentor’s head as to whether the mentee can handle hearing what the problem is and what they need to do to solve

June 9, 2022

Greg Thomas

You Can’t just “Be” There

They say that showing up is 80% of the battle, you do that, you show up, and theoretically, no matter what you do from there, you should still be solid with your team. Perhaps as an individual, this rule applies, but as a leader, it can’t. No one needs a leader to show up and stand there, what use is one more person, standing there and not “doing” anything. If you are just “showing up”, chances are you aren’t doing enough for your team and if you don’t know where to start, the first place is the easiest – “What

June 8, 2022

Greg Thomas

What are we Delivering?

When everyone thinks you are delivering something different.  It’s a good time, no it’s the best time to sit down with everyone and make sure you are all talking about the same thing. When this happens, you might be the facilitator more than anything in the conversation, not trying to push people to what you see as the delivery, but rather poking holes in what the ideas of others are (respectfully) to make sure everyone agrees. When I find myself in these meetings, I like to keep bringing people back to the question at hand to drive the point home

June 7, 2022

Greg Thomas

Generator Backups

I now own a generator. I have avoided it for so very long, taking the hits as they come.  But now I own one. And like anything with backups, I’m waiting for when I can try it out. Such is the life of backups, always waiting to be used, but never needing to be used unless it’s an emergency.

June 6, 2022

Greg Thomas

The Streak is Broken

I had the longest streak running in writing, it’s the second time I had a long one going, this one was for 883 days, I was closing in on that magical number and then Mother Nature stood up and said – “Not today.” Seriously that is what happened. And we are back at Day 4 on the way back to 1,000. Such is the life of a streak, easy to start, difficult to maintain, a bummer when they end, and then, sitting there, waiting to be started once more.

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