Articles for category: Growth

December 22, 2020

Greg Thomas

Lean On

Now, more than ever, in this discombobulation of a year, we all need to find someone to lean on. Someone to be your confidant. Someone to be your lead. Someone to stand with you. Whether work or in life, we all need someone, it’s human nature. And if you’re leading a team and you see someone has no one to lean on, be that person for them.

December 20, 2020

Greg Thomas

Remote Leaders are Struggling

We recorded this episode of Remotely Prepared years (months) ago in September. Amazing how much has changed since then and if you weren’t struggling to lead a team before, you might be feeling the impact now. As Glain (rhymes with Shine -her words) puts it – “Did I really sign up for this?” Check out the episode below – https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/remotely-prepared/id1514693059 Also, check out Glain’s books below; The Grassroots Leadership Revolution Did I really Sign up for this?

December 14, 2020

Greg Thomas

What Makes you Good…

Is the ability to see your own mistakes. And then taking the action to do something about them. But the hard part is the first step. (Overheard while listening to the course material available here).

December 3, 2020

Greg Thomas

The Confusion in a new Team

When a new team comes together there is a period of gelling that needs to happen where we go beyond – who you are and where did you come from – and get into the grittier work of having the team come together. Things like; What’s your zone time where you do your best work? Where are you working and where do you want grow? How do you manage your own workload? What support do you need from me in delivering solutions? How do you learn best? How can I support that? Where do you struggle? All these questions (and

November 25, 2020

Greg Thomas

Bad News

Means something went wrong. Whatever it was that you were planning didn’t work out. The plan you had set in motion, broke and now you need to find a new plan. Bad News is happening all around us. What we do with it is still up to us.