Articles for category: Drive

November 16, 2021

Greg Thomas

But do we all agree?

I’ve been in a few meetings over the past few months where a question is asked (a simple one, i.e., where we are at), and the responses are varied from all points of the delivery. This is good to have varying responses, however, the problem is that they don’t have anything to tie each other together. What are we releasing? When are we releasing it? What are the most important issues? Does the customer agree? These are the core threads that can pull those responses together so that when the discussion goes around the room another time, we have a

November 13, 2021

Greg Thomas

The Leaving Game

When you’ve made the decision somewhere you have a few options in front of you.. Leave in a Blaze of Glory – let everyone know you’re leaving, you’re fed up, they should have listened to you and now they’ll regret. Stop doing Everything and Anything – collect your paycheck, let them see what happens when you aren’t doing anything. Set them up for Success – you know there is going to be a hole where you used to be (c’mon, it’s you) so set them up for success, help them get better, they might not listen to you, but that’s

November 8, 2021

Greg Thomas

Where You Need to Be

At this moment, where do you need to be? Where does your team need you to be? Are those two questions in direct opposition to each other? If they are, that might be part of the challenge you are having in not only leading yourself and but your team as well.

November 6, 2021

Greg Thomas

Clarity in Arguments

As Developers, we put in a ton of effort into naming things. We focus on the case of how we name it, we debate between prefixes and suffixes of how we name them and whether they should be short or long. Great effort gets put into making the arguments of our methods and functions as clear and concise as possible. The same should be done with our team and stakeholders as well – providing clear arguments and paths to what we are trying to accomplish.

November 4, 2021

Greg Thomas

You’re Burnt Out

If you can’t make it a day without lashing out, without listening to other people’s opinions, without ignoring your team to focus on your work, chances are you’re burnt out. Note: Not that you are approaching being burnt out, but you are burnt out. The tell in being burnt out isn’t in the quality of work that you deliver (we’ll see that later on), it’s in how you treat the people around you. It’s a simple test, one we don’t like to admit our score on. If your score is low, it’s time for a break. If you’re leading someone

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