Articles for category: Leadership

November 13, 2018

Greg Thomas

Take A Day

And do something for you. Not a spa date but something worthwhile that you’ve been putting off for a long time. Don’t time it, see how much you can do in a day. See where you get to. See how hard it is. See where you want to go next (if you want to go somewhere next). But start with a day. (This sounds silly and if you think it is, before you do, tell everyone you’re taking a day, not to go on vacation, not be sick but to do ____________ (whatever it is you want to work on). 

November 12, 2018

Greg Thomas

Still Not Done

Still struggling. Still falling over. Still ticked off. Still haven’t figured it out. Still not sure where to start. Still not sure what to do next. Still stuck. As long as you’re “Still not waiting to start” you’re much further than everyone else that is behind you.

November 8, 2018

Greg Thomas

Take the Reigns

It’s pretty easy to say – “if no one is leading, then become the leader and take control”. It’s another thing to do it. There is most likely no prescribed guidance for the situation you are in so someone talking about how they did this for that probably would not work for you. So what do you do? Take a no-holds-barred approach, kick everyone out of the room and do your own thing? Try and see if you can deliver all that work on your own? Maybe it’s not about you taking the reigns, but picking them up and showing your

November 7, 2018

Greg Thomas

Growth Transition

It’s great to watch your team grow and develop. Skills they didn’t know before, they are now handling with ease. Projects and work that you thought was impossible for them to take on they are now doing with ease. The goals you have set for them they knock down without even trying. Now it’s time to transition into something different. Read: Not give them more of the same thing or an incremental growth but to give them something that levels up their skill set for growth. Some will shy away because this represents too much change when they were just

October 26, 2018

Greg Thomas

Our Greatest Failure if Software Delivery Teams

Yesterday’s unit test results. Last week’s build breakage. Last month’s bad update. Last year’s roll-out that went sideways and didn’t make it in until the third try. These alone aren’t bad when they occur, but when we hold onto them, reference them in meetings when someone wants to try something new, test out a new idea or approach and use them as justification for not implementing change. This is when they become our biggest failure. Holding onto what didn’t go well for you yesterday is a surefire ticket to never let your team grow, never let yourself grow and never

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