Articles for category: Leadership

May 31, 2019

Greg Thomas

Was my Best Good Enough?

This is an interesting statement because it’s not entirely focused on your best efforts, but rather on the comparison of your best efforts to someone else. In this case it should read – “Is your Best Not Good Enough when Compared to everyone else?” – to which we would all immediately reply – “Whoa, Whoa, Whoa, I’m not comparing myself to everyone else, I’m my own person, I do my own thing, I don’t compare myself to others”. And yet we do, all the time, because it’s a simple task of glancing over, seeing what someone else is doing and

May 30, 2019

Greg Thomas

The Worst Part of the Day

What’s the worst part of your day? The part you could do without, the part that you dread occurring. The end of day status meeting. The morning code review that everyone chimes in on. Writing Unit Tests. The Slack Channel that is essentially a Gripe Channel. The eating of Snacks that don’t do anything for you? Whatever it is, figure out what it is, what bothers you about it, what makes you want to avoid it. Everything about it that drives you nuts. And then eliminate it. Find another way to get your status out without attending the meeting. Figure

May 29, 2019

Greg Thomas

What Happened to Career Days?

The days where everyone would show up looking their best, eager to impress whoever was there. They would walk from booth to booth depending on who had the best swag or coolest posters, hand out a resume and walkaway, never to be heard or seen from again. I never hired anyone from a Career Day because it is treated as a “thing” to do, a job where the goal is to hand out as many resumes in possible to ensure that numbers are up and work has been done. I’d hand out tons of business cards, but never receive a

May 28, 2019

Greg Thomas

One-Thousandth Post

That’s how many posts I’ve written since I started this blog – that’s a Milestone. I started it in 2014, in Seattle while eating a burger. At that time I was doing something akin to one blog a week. After attending the first cycle of the altMBA I kicked that up to posting 5 days a week. I don’t write every day, I do use the scheduling function in wordpress to keep me sane and to give me some padding for those busy months when I’m overloaded. (this post might not be THE 1000th post as I do slip in

May 27, 2019

Greg Thomas

Everyone can Lead when it’s Easy

When the economy is going well, whoever is at the wheel gets the praise. When you have a team that is filled with experienced, self-driven resources that deliver on their own, your job is simplified. When you have all the fancy tools and doodads to make yourself a success – it helps. Anyone can lead in these cases (and more) when everything is running well, the car is brand new, there are no issues – nothing can go wrong. In these cases, you’re not leading per se but guiding, staying the course, manning the helm. You’re not having to change

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