Articles for category: Growth

November 15, 2021

Greg Thomas

But will it Survive the Upgrade?

I like the idea of auto-updates, when enabled, nothing gets left behind. The days of – “oh wait, you haven’t updated your server for the last five months” – are no longer conversations we need to have. I remember doing those “patch” nights where we would sit there and talk while someone patched the next server, then the next one, then waited for the next round of updates to come down, so we could do the next one, then the next one, and on and on. Auto-Updates are great, as long as they always work and self-correct when there are

November 12, 2021

Greg Thomas

Missed a Day

Been a busy few weeks.  I’ve been trying to keep the daily blog going but yesterday I skipped a day (or fell asleep and forgot, which is way more accurate). So here we are, starting all over again (is it starting over if it’s only been a day). Whatever it was, I then signed into WordPress and found it had updated itself (that’s okay) but that adding posts was broken.  That might have been the sign to stop, but instead, I found a wicked plugin that let me use the classic WordPress editor. Because that’s all I need, simple to

November 7, 2021

Greg Thomas

The Path of the Team

The path of your team is set by you the leader. If you are not setting the path, then you are not leading them. You are along for the ride. And that’s not what they need. Don’t worry about the path being perfect, worry more about the fact that they don’t have one and get to building one.

November 5, 2021

Greg Thomas

Avoiding Video

I’m not a fanatical advocate for video in our remote life – using it when necessary is my primary motto. When I am on a call and people are not using I don’t mind as long as their focus is on the call, as long as they are listening to what everyone is saying, as long as they are engaged. Video shouldn’t be the stick that makes sure you are listening to meetings. If it is, you don’t have a video problem, you have an attention problem, and that is a bigger problem to solve that will not be addressed

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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