Articles for category: Leadership

June 28, 2024

Greg Thomas

The Parts of your Team

When something in your house breaks, you generally need to go find a part to fix it. You go to the store, you find the part, and then you figure out how to take the old, broken part off and put the new shiny one on. Sometimes they fit perfectly like a glove, like they were designed for it.  But most times they don’t, either what you have is too old and you are now trying to mesh it with something new or vice-versa. Regardless, you push to make it work, because if you don’t, well, whatever that thing that

June 18, 2024

Greg Thomas

The Check-Ins

How often do you check-in with your team? I don’t mean a sprint meeting, I mean an actual check-in? We put a lot of focus on this during the pandemic, but are you still doing it? Why not?  No time, no love for the team? If you’re not checking in with your team, how do you know how they are doing? Do you know how they are doing? You probably don’t, and if you don’t, you don’t know how they are doing and where they are going – and that’s what you’re missing out on.

June 6, 2024

Greg Thomas

Knowing when to Shift

Cars shift. If you’re driving standard, it’s a more pronounced shift, you need to initiate it, otherwise, the engine keeps revving. The persistent revving of the engine is the cue for you to know when to shift, you know by the sound that it can’t maintain its push unless you shift to a higher gear. Knowing when to shift, either yourself or your team is critical to growth and not as simple to determine as a car.  Figuring out when your team needs to shift is one of the most important jobs of any leader – it’s what ensures measured,

June 5, 2024

Greg Thomas

Leverage the Team

If you don’t have a team, get a team. A team can be anyone, random coworkers, related coworkers, family, or whatever. But get a team. And when you don’t know the answer. You ask the team, you leverage their skills and abilities in what you are trying to accomplish. That’s what they are there for, to help and support you. So get a team.

May 22, 2024

Greg Thomas

Everything To Do Everywhere

Keep it simple, lay out the tasks, group them together, set the delivery dates. Don’t give into the chaos of everything being everywhere all the time. Don’t give into the chaos that others have and worry about what could, might, or should be. Work the problem, and deliver the problem, one task at a time. Your job might not have originally been part of bringing them online and refocusing the team, but now it is.  You can either join the fray or the lead.

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