Articles for category: Growth

May 20, 2023

Greg Thomas

The Good and the Great Leaders

Good Leaders show up every day, keep things humming, and tell everyone they are doing a great job. Great leaders show up every day, they ensure the team is working on the right things at the right time and aren’t afraid to make a call to change the direction of the ship if it means the team can get better and stronger, they are always looking towards what is coming down the pipe, prepping it for what is to come and most importantly, they give feedback to help their team grow and level up.

May 15, 2023

Greg Thomas

The Next Team Event

Have you scheduled it yet? Have you thought about it? Are you waiting for someone else to do it? What’s your Budget? Team events don’t need to be expensive, they can definitely be simple and their entire goal is to bring people together, have some laughs, and get to know each other better. The smallest team events that have been ad-hoc, end of the day, 30 minutes to an hour I rate better than the long-planned out ones, that cost thousands, where were listened to a few people speak and not everyone. The best part about Team events, anyone on

May 13, 2023

Greg Thomas

Behaviours of a Great Sprint Retro

I originally titled this “Components of a Great Sprint Retrospective” – but behaviors is the better word. You can have all the processes and systems you want but at the end of the day, it’s the behaviors that the team excuses that make a team’s Sprint Retrospective successful.  

May 9, 2023

Greg Thomas

Trust and Experience

Someone can tell me that putting my hand on fire is going to hurt. I don’t need to experience it for myself – whether I know you or not – I’ve seen what it can do to a piece of wood and can draw the conclusion myself, irrespective of how well I know you. However, when the scenarios are less than known, how much we trust the source doling out the knowledge adjusts how much we are willing to experience that same effect ourselves. I don’t really know, this doesn’t look too bad, so I’m going to put my hand

May 4, 2023

Greg Thomas

The Argument for Free Time

You can stare at the ceiling. You can roll down a hill. You can walk in circles. You can throw a ball in the air. You can mouth syllables from your mouth in odd ways. You can make that annoying sound that no one likes but you. You can stare at a tree and think about leaves. Free time isn’t meant to be productive, it’s not meant to achieve something, it’s different than practice, learning, and growth.  It’s not geared towards winning something – it’s just time where you do the most wasteful thing you can think of and leave

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