Articles for category: Initiative

April 17, 2021

Greg Thomas

Empathetic HR

We’ve interviewed a number of people this season on Remotely Prepared from the HR discipline. I’m guessing that’s a trend that’s going around these days. Our recent guest, Pat Mullins, is one of the most down to earth HR interviews we’ve ever had. At the end of this great interview, he told us that – “I’m just the HR guy.”- which had me laughing because he is so great at it. Here’s the full interview.

March 29, 2021

Greg Thomas

This is where it gets Exciting

The project is almost over. That last release note are being prepped. We are getting down to the wire on what to deliver. The bug fixes are in. The last bit of code is being validated. The customer has been shown the demos on what things look like. And so many more, but you get the idea, this is where it get’s exciting.

Finding Your Goals

There are a number of things out there that you can do. But only some you can do well. And only some you can spend the time to learn and grow at. And only very few can you achieve. You’ll be drawn into many areas over your career as people think you are “great” and “built to do this” but if it clashes with your end goals, with where you want to be in the end. All it will do is anger you and leave you frustrated. Take the time, to find what it is, you really want to do.

March 26, 2021

Greg Thomas

Your Strongest Supporter

Will always be your customer. If you’re not approaching each project with them as a partnership, then you will only ever get half of the value from it could potentially be. Don’t hide from them. Don’t keep them out of the loop. Don’t gang up on them to have a vote. Bring them onto the team. Invite them to the discussions. Move the project forward faster with them, then without them. They’re waiting.