Articles for category: Leadership

January 19, 2025

Greg Thomas

Where do we Start?

The hardest question you will be asked and there are so many ways to get there; Have a workshop – list everything out. Break into groups and build a focus around a problem. Ask each person what their Top 5 issues are, come back together, and go through them. Appoint someone to lead, give them your trust, and let them loose. Ask everyone to write a paper, and review the papers. Get anonymous suggestions from EVERY member of the team and then rank them on the board. Bring in a consultant, get them to tell you what you already know,

January 18, 2025

Greg Thomas

Where do I Start?

Start at the simplest of building blocks. Ignore the symptoms, find the cause, and find the root cause. Being there. It won’t be the popular choice, it will be the needed choice. It’s not the easiest one to make, but it is the one that everyone needs.

January 17, 2025

Greg Thomas

Lead with People First

I guarantee you will never go wrong if you lead with your team first. There might be struggles. There might be ups and downs. There might be days you shake your head and wonder why you are doing it. But you will never regret it. Ever.

January 8, 2025

Greg Thomas

I have No Idea how that works

But is it your job to know how it works? If the answer is no, then why are people asking you how it works? If the answer is yes, and you are responsible for it than how does this problem get resolved? You can’t hide in a sea of unknowns if you are supposed to know how it works – no amount of diagrams or technical jargon will keep the problem hidden.

January 5, 2025

Greg Thomas

The Burnout Watch

Big deadlines, and big deliveries, no matter the level of planning you do, will always require some extra effort. There is no way around it, irrespective of the field you are in, that extra push always needs to happen. You hope for it to be a week, but then a week turns to 2 and then into a month. This is where your team needs your leadership, your guidance, and your experience to know when 1 turns into 2 that things are going to change, that you might need to pump the brakes, that you might have to set rest

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