Articles for category: Leadership

May 8, 2019

Greg Thomas

Inviting the Drama

We’re susceptible to drama when things aren’t going well. When it’s not perfect. When we need someone or something else to blame. Drama is there to blow it up, make it bigger than what it is and keep us away from the real issue that is causing us grief. If you’re constantly looking to spend more time complaining about the problem, wanting to talk about how hard you have it, constantly searching for someone to listen to your woes, you aren’t merely inviting the drama, you’re courting it and in the process taking your eye off the problem, the real

May 2, 2019

Greg Thomas

Three Questions for Your Next Team Meeting

What are we not doing well at? Where should we focus our attention? What do you need from me for us to be a success? The first question is the hardest to ask, the flood gates will open and teams will spend the most time here as people jump onto their answers and add more – good. If your team has nothing to say, keep prodding, there is always something, always. The second question gets the team to set the priority, you get to set the context – yes this is an issue – but we have these other items

March 26, 2019

Greg Thomas

More Than Superstars

Hiring, anywhere, is the hardest task that you will ever undertake. It’s easy to be lured by the “Superstar” who has accomplished so much or reads well on paper. And perhaps they are that great, resource and amazing as everyone thinks they are. But what happens when they are not there? What happens if everyone on your team comes to depend on the Superstar more than they do themselves? Where does that leave the needs of your team when they fall behind because the Superstar isn’t there to lift them up? Take the best person on your team, remove them

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