Articles for category: Leadership

February 28, 2024

Greg Thomas

One Backlog to Rule Them All

No matter how many teams, no matter how many boards at some point you are going to need one, masterful backlog to rule them all. You’ll need a roll-up, THE roll-up that will signify what everyone in your team is doing. This view isn’t for everyone and it won’t be broken out by sprints (they might be listed and each group might have its own) but invariably they will be listed by resource. And that’s the role of the “Big Bad Backlog for All” – what is everyone on my team doing across their project so I can make sure

February 26, 2024

Greg Thomas

Looking at Getting the Band Back Together

But does the band ever want to get back together? Sure maybe it worked for a reunion gig where everyone rejoiced at the good old days. But could they do it again? Do they want to do it again? Bands do get back together, they do succeed when they get back together, but only when they are willing to try something new, only when they are willing to let go of what they accomplished before and what they can instead be accomplishing now.

February 25, 2024

Greg Thomas

Taking Stock of Your Team

Who does what? Who actually does what? Who needs support? Who is struggling? Who is doing great but getting lazy because they aren’t learning anything? Who is overloaded? Who is being missed? Who needs a kick? These are the questions you need to ask yourself when taking stock of your team.  This is what helps you understand who needs help, where and when and how to plan your strategy out to help them.

February 21, 2024

Greg Thomas

Leaders Crave Feedback

They want to know how they are doing. They want to know what they are doing wrong. They want to know where they need to get better. They want to know what to fix. So they crave it, in any form, they want it, all the time – feedback, not validation, not comments, but feedback – how do I get better? Tell me.

February 19, 2024

Greg Thomas

Are you Leading Stress?

If all around you is stress, chances are you aren’t shipping much. Chances are you’re behind, you’re not on time and nothing is helping you move forward. It’s not for lack of effort, but rather because you’re focused on leading only one thing – stress. But, you can’t lead stress. You can manage stress – you can mitigate it, break it down, isolate its touch points, figure out what is causing it, and adjust from there. But you can’t lead it, no one starts off leading stress. This is where a manager helps the leader manage the stress to that

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