Articles for category: Leadership

June 13, 2019

Greg Thomas

Lists on What Matter

LinkedIn published this list of the Top Companies to work for in Canada. I’m not sure what the criteria was to be on the list but I have a hard-time believing that the Top 9 Companies are all financial. The problem with these lists is that we worry about not being on the list so we tweak our message to get on the list (when it might not even be possible). We want to be among the companies on the list so we can be represented the same way and with the same visibility. But perhaps the issue isn’t that

June 11, 2019

Greg Thomas

When Speaking Up Goes Sideways

You have an idea to make something better that goes against the grain. You’re tired of watching someone being treated unfairly. The customer that everyone loves is belittling your team’s efforts. The list goes on and on, but you need to speak up, you need to go against the current, popular stream of thought and do something different. And you’ve done it, respectfully, honestly, sincerely. And still everything has gone Sideways. Phrases like “power play”, “taking over”, “being bossy”, “never jumping on board”, “not being a team player”, “disrespecting authority” are being thrown around to push you down so you

June 10, 2019

Greg Thomas

How Far You’ve Come

Take a look at these two drawings – they are 15 years apart – done by the Master himself, Jim Lee. The best line – “keep doing what you’re doing and you’ll get there.” That applies to everything – coding, drawing, writing, throwing, building, designing, etc, etc. Always take a moment to appreciate how far you’ve come, it’s the best barometer to teach you where to go.

June 6, 2019

Greg Thomas

Communicating your Project Plan

We can all agree that plans are meant to be broken. We’re not meant to follow them to the letter, they are guides, ideas, paths, suggestions on how we want to get there. Some steps were good ideas at the beginning, but at the end are now irrelevant and would be time wasters.  We know this when we’re in the middle of this, when everything is changing and the plan has to adjust – we accept it. But at the beginning, when it’s all new, we become slaves to our plan, to trying to get people to do it our

June 6, 2019

Greg Thomas

Taking a Leap

Don’t look. Don’t over think it. Jump. Far. Wide. Away. And figure it out when you land. You’ll be okay, it’ll all work out and you’ll be better off for it.

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