Articles for category: Leadership

August 7, 2020

Greg Thomas

Can you hear me?

The most common phrase that has been uttered since we all started working remotely. And guess what, to many the answer is still no. Because we weren’t listening before, because we weren’t taking in what people were saying and because all we wanted to hear is what was playing in our head. You don’t need to be muted to realize that. Being muted simply makes it real and forces you to hit the button hoping people are going to start listening. And if they aren’t going to listen, then find someone who will and make them your champion. (And listen

August 3, 2020

Greg Thomas

Someone’s Leaving…

When someone on your team decides to pack it in and move onto a new opportunity it’s your last chance to show them what kind of leader you are. You could not say a thing, wait till the last moment, and “plan” for everything they did and who is going to take it over and transition into their workloads. You can sweep it under the rug so hopefully, no one knows how great a team member they were and just how appreciated they were and how sad the team is to see them go. Yes, you can be sad that

July 30, 2020

Greg Thomas

Adding Fuel to the Fire

When you have a problem, you don’t need more fuel on the fire. What you need is for everyone to realize there is a fire. If everyone is on board that there is a fire then everyone will be on board to put it out. When we’re all adding fuel to the fire – venting about problems, complaining about apps going up and down, decrying bad practices, focusing on what team members do incorrectly or not the way that we want. All we are doing is throwing fuel onto the fire, ignoring the fire completely. Focus on the fire, not

July 29, 2020

Greg Thomas

Losing a Team Member

If you thought losing a team member who was sitting right beside you was hard. Wait until you lose one that you have been working with remotely for the past four months. To be honest, it doesn’t matter the timeline, what does matter is a member of your team is moving on. There are a lot of things probably running through your head – who are we going to find to replace them, how will we train them, what knowledge is going out the window, how do we get their equipment, etc, etc. These are all logical questions but the

July 28, 2020

Greg Thomas

Keeping your Team Motivated

Keeping your team motivated while they are remote is going to require you to get creative. When you’re in front of the room, when you have the company’s facilities behind you, you have a swagger that you can bring to the party. Right now, it’s you, a laptop and a camera. So what do you do? They aren’t robots – if they are, validate some captcha phrases just to be sure. But they aren’t so don’t treat them as such. Yes you need to manage your burndowns and delivery schedules, but you don’t need to overdue it. Now is not

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