Articles for category: Delivery

New Perks

Isn’t how it is going to go this week. You are going to need to up your game to show your team how well they are doing and how much they are valued. The old perks are gone while we all work remote and in there lies an opportunity to develop a new set of perks for your team that will show you how much you appreciate them. The problem for many, is that these new perks are steeped in authenticity, trust, appreciation, honesty and humbleness. They are not easy to come by and much harder to display then say

What Matters Most in your Team

Well if you didn’t know before, I’m sure you’re figuring it out right now. The leader that is focused on their team isn’t being drawn into worthless debates and discussions that are distractions to what is really going. The leader that is focused on their team wants to make sure the team is good to go before the next release is. The leader that is focused on their team is thinking about next week when the new week starts so they can provide the environment their team needs to thrive. The leader that is focused on their team recognizes that

April 21, 2020

Greg Thomas

New Approaches

We are in the midst of learning a variety of different approaches to solving old problems, primarily because we don’t have all the tools available to us before AND because these tools are being redirected towards other needs. If you find yourself in this scenario, realize that the approach you come up with today, might be better than what you were doing before you just weren’t able to realize it before. The struggle now is to bridge the divide between what you were doing before and what you are doing now and that is where we are struggling. We want

Establishing Remote Connections

Where you thought you had a connection with someone before, that connection might now be gone. In working with your peers, not everyone is going to want to work on video, not everyone is going to have perfect internet and not everyone will be flourishing working from their dining room table. You are going to need to establish new connections, new ideas and new patterns if you are going to get through us. No one said delivering this way would be easy, but no said it wouldn’t be possible. Those that find change hard will struggle the most, that’s where

April 6, 2020

Greg Thomas

Find your Schedule

For the past few weeks, many of have been working from home, trying to find that new rhythm that will put us back into that ever present flow that will let us succeed where we once did so easily. But that flow isn’t going to come as easy as we think. There are new hurdles to overcome, new obstacles, new co-workers who we now share everything with from internet to space to lunches. You can’t continue from where you once were but you can establish something new and that something new starts with establishing a schedule. A plan, a list