Articles for category: Leadership

September 19, 2018

Greg Thomas

When You Don’t Pick the Change?

Change is great. Change is amazing. But what about when you’re not the instigator of the change or you don’t see it coming? Depending on the scenario and context you might be able to pivot extremely well, in other scenarios you may not – you may be thrown for a loop and sit there looking at your screen wondering why you? Why did this have to affect me? I didn’t ask for this happen? This is outside of my control. You didn’t pick the change but it happened. So now you can either rail against everything that is happening or

September 12, 2018

Greg Thomas

The Last Minute Patient

I had an experience with a doctor a few months ago where they squeeze in an appointment at the end of the day to see me. It was a gross day, raining, muggy… one of those days you want to go home, order some pizza and catch up on Suits. But they made room in their schedule. And when the appointment took place, they welcomed us warmly. And they didn’t rush things, where mistakes were made, they were corrected. There was no pressure and the next day they, not the office, gave us a follow-up call. That’s not service, that’s

September 10, 2018

Greg Thomas

It’s Not A Bug

Said by every developer ever. “It can’t be a bug if I never had the requirements.” “It can’t be a bug if it never existed in the first place.” “It can’t be a bug because no one else is complaining about it” All valid answers. As well as opportunities to invent a new work item type that removes the stress from finding a feature at the last minute and lightens the mental state of the delivery team. Hot Feature Cold Pack Roadkill Red Alert Pick one or create your own and at the end of release – do a round-up

September 4, 2018

Greg Thomas

Be the Glue

I wrote this presentation a few years ago on how to Build a Great Team but I forgot a critical element to it all. The Glue – you need someone who is the glue on your team. Maybe it’s your Manager or Team Lead or maybe it’s the one that’s setting up Virtual Machines on a daily basis. But whether it’s one person or many or rotates between a few – you need that Glue. That Glue is what holds teams together, keeps them going through the hard times, let’s them shine in the good. If you’re building your team

September 3, 2018

Greg Thomas

The Following Leader

Don’t rock the boat. Don’t ask the hard questions. Take No for an answer. Don’t try and prove them wrong. Don’t try out new ideas. Go along with the popular vote. Don’t stand up for anything (and the same goes for sitting down). Stay in your lane. Don’t believe that you can be more. As the saying goes – “Smile more, talk less”. And become the leader that follows everyone around, never making a critical decision, never changing course, never taking a leap and never failing. But always being “there”… whatever “there” is… whatever “there” the Following Leader is trying

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