Articles for category: Leadership

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

March 1, 2019

Greg Thomas

Manufactured Entitlement

This is a thing. Where people expect that based on their position they are deserving of special treatment and respect. Where others buy into this sense of entitlement and treat them this way because they have a title, position or qualification. And it is driven by the person that has the title, position or qualification. “Hey I’m the Lead, you should listen to me” “It’s my way or the highway” “Everyone follow me, I’m the Leader” “You guys are lucky to have me running the show” Except they aren’t, because you never gave them the chance to trust you the

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