Articles for category: Leadership

April 23, 2020

Greg Thomas

What Matters Most in your Team

Well if you didn’t know before, I’m sure you’re figuring it out right now. The leader that is focused on their team isn’t being drawn into worthless debates and discussions that are distractions to what is really going. The leader that is focused on their team wants to make sure the team is good to go before the next release is. The leader that is focused on their team is thinking about next week when the new week starts so they can provide the environment their team needs to thrive. The leader that is focused on their team recognizes that

April 22, 2020

Greg Thomas

What hasn’t Changed in your Meetings

People still need to attend them. Discussions still need to be had. Decisions still need to be made. Disagreements will arise with approach. You probably will still talk over one another to get a point across. You can share what you are working on. Drawing is a little tricky, but you’ll get there and let’s be honest, not everyone was standing up to draw. Just because your meetings no longer need you to book a room, doesn’t mean everything else in them is going to change as well. Want more? Check out my book Code Your Way Up – available

April 17, 2020

Greg Thomas

Am I Leading a Team or Delivering Code?

One of the biggest questions new leaders ask themselves when things get a little heady with their first team. What’s most important? The Team or the Delivery. Everyone will give you their own opinions but the only opinion that truly matters is yours. You know what you need to lead. You know what your team can deliver. And most importantly, you know what they need right now. The tricky part, is selling what you know to everyone else around you, because they aren’t like you, and they don’t see what you see – which is that you have the greatest

April 16, 2020

Greg Thomas

Leading in the Dark

Right now, many leaders are learning what it feels like to lead in the dark. When their team isn’t connected to their elbow, when they can’t see what they are doing, when they can’t stop by their desk for a quick 5 minute chat. If can be a bit panicky because here you are expected to lead them and you can’t even find them. It’s okay thought because you’ve been here before, when you first started leading the team, when you didn’t know anyone, when you didn’t know the team, when you had to learn everyone’s name and figure out

April 15, 2020

Greg Thomas

The Usual Suspects

We all know who they are. The usual group that when they get together, the same results happen, or rather don’t happen. Nothing changes, progress creeps to a halt and the everyone wonders aloud what went wrong. For change to happen, you some times need to break up the suspects and put them in their own corners, let them go or walk away. Whichever you choose, know that it isn’t your fault

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