Articles for category: Initiative

September 28, 2020

Greg Thomas

Setting Expectations

With the absence of video in a call, you’d think it’d be an easy task to dole out some work. Truth be told though, if you wait a week to see what happens you’ll come to realize that what you asked for is not what you are getting. Even worst, most likely not when you were expecting to get it. Setting expectations in person is a simple endeavour, when tasks are assigned we observe the person’s response, their body language, behaviour, eye movements, how they leave the room or write it down. Even in a video call you won’t capture

September 27, 2020

Greg Thomas

Had a Meeting No one Talked

Could this have been an email? Should this have been an email? No we should have been discussing these topics Were too many people in the room? There were a lot of people in the room, but only a quarter of them need to be there, the rest would not have said anything regardless. Were people missing? Yes. What’s the difference between the people that were missing and the ones that were there? The people that were missing are the ones that care. They care about every detail about what you are doing. They care about what happened, what went

September 26, 2020

Greg Thomas

Find Your Cave

The cave, your cave, is where your best work gets done. It can be anything, anywhere, any time. So find it and don’t share it. It is where your best work happens. When you need to go there, shut off every distraction you can. And get it all done.

September 23, 2020

Greg Thomas

Try

You will mess up. It won’t be perfect. You will get it wrong. You’ll probably stumble. They might laugh at you. But maybe… You’ll learn something new. Realize where you went wrong. Figure out where you really want to go. Meet a new friend. But you’ll never know if you don’t try. Forget what could go wrong and please, just try.

September 22, 2020

Greg Thomas

Onboarding is Changing

We used to put a lot of effort into what someone would see at their desk when they arrived on their first day. Some getting started reading, some papers to sign, a great workstation with new equipment, perhaps a lunch out on the first day to get to know you better and of course, the flybys by the leadership team throughout the day welcoming you to the company. How much of this is still happening? And if it is how are you giving it that personal feel to it? Are the equipment and books coming straight from Amazon? Are the

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