Articles for category: Leadership

February 9, 2016

Greg Thomas

Do What you Don’t Want To Do

A few weeks ago, while I stood completely exhausted, huffing and puffing for air (and not alone) while at an early morning hockey practice, our coach said to us all quite succinctly… “Why are you always practicing what you can do and not what you can’t do?” What we can do is the easy stuff, the stuff we’ve gotten better at over the years, the stuff that we can do in our sleep but still when we get to the office is the stuff we dive into first because we can do it, we know how to do it, we

January 29, 2016

Greg Thomas

Keeping the Team Together

It’s hard work keeping a team together, everyone has a different set of work ethics and commitment that drive their unique approach. Sometimes they jive and sometimes they don’t. The worst thing you can do to someone on your team mid-project is to write them off – “not good enough, not worthy of our team, we’ll drop you shortly” because it sends that signal loud and clear and from there – What would you do?  How would you react to being that person written off?  Why bother if they are going to drop you?  Perhaps your deliverables didn’t line up the

January 28, 2016

Greg Thomas

The Time Between the Failures

I can look at a sketch and go – I can draw that. I can sit down to draw it and it does not come out how I envisioned it. I can look at another sketch and go – I can draw THAT. I can sit down again to draw it and it STILL does not come out how I envisioned it. And then I can walk away for a week not wanting to try again because I really focused for a whole 60 minutes and it didn’t work. We’re not afraid of the failure while we are doing it

January 22, 2016

Greg Thomas

Everything DOES Start with One

It’s not a myth or some kind of infomercial – it is scientifically proven that everything starts with one. One Step. One Attempt. One Loss. One Goal. One Swing. One Compile. One Project. One New Document. One Upload. One Synchronization. One Drawing. One Chance. One Numbering System. One semi-colon. This doesn’t mean it is going to go great, it means you’re going to give it one try and see where it goes from there.

January 21, 2016

Greg Thomas

The Backbencher

The backbencher is a tough one to crack. They sit at the back of the room, hidden behind a notebook or laptop, never looking up. They don’t contribute to solving problems. They don’t offer suggestions for growth and/or improvement. They do, wait, patiently, patiently, when everything has been laid out, to submit their criticism of the idea once fully fleshed out by all those around you.  Depending on the problem set and political climate they might even wait until after the release to utter those oh so fateful words – “I told you so”. They are not to be confused with

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