Articles for category: Growth

October 18, 2023

Greg Thomas

A Team Needs…

A team needs principles, tenets, values, a mantra, a song, a theme… They need something they can get behind, something they can always fall back on when they are not sure what to do. If you’re making one for your team, some thoughts; Don’t do it by yourself – it can be a great team exercise. Keep it digestible – a page, a print-out, something that can be viewed everywhere and anywhere and doesn’t require scrolling to “get to it”. Call Back to It – Don’t just talk to it, call back to it every single time you are doing

October 17, 2023

Greg Thomas

The Simple One-On-One Walk

Some of my most memorable one-on-ones have been a walk to get a coffee (or let’s be honest tea). They are not planned, they are not structured and they start with a simple question – “How is it going?” or “What do you think of this?”. You don’t need to make them a complex lunch, planning session, build-up that takes 1 hour. Most times you’ll get more out of that relaxed 15 min discussion.

October 16, 2023

Greg Thomas

Let Them Work

You might be able to do it faster, and you might know more of what happens behind the scenes, but if you’re always jumping in, you’re never going to see what they can do, on their own, when you’re not around. Let them work, see what they can do when you’re not around, give them reign, and see what happens. Trust is built on seeing what they can do when you are not hovering over their shoulder, sending them IMs and emails asking for status updates. Let them work – you’ll be surprised.  

October 15, 2023

Greg Thomas

Getting Ready for What’s Next?

We all know have an idea of what’s next. But what do we do to get there, what do we need to do to prep for it? We have no idea. But oddly enough when we get there we go – “oh yeah, I should have done this, this and this.” Take the time, ask yourself what you need to get ready, write it down, figure it out and move start grinding it out.

October 14, 2023

Greg Thomas

Finding Your Goals

No really, what are your goals? What do you want to get to? What do you want to achieve? Where do you want to go? And most importantly, what matters to you most? If you’re not asking yourself those questions, you’re not any closer to reaching your goals.

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