Articles for category: Leadership

August 29, 2023

Greg Thomas

Why are we Doing this?

The question your team will ask over and over again if they don’t understand your vision, or if they forget, or if they get lost along the way. It can be frustrating for a leader to hear that after they have poured so much into making it happen, into making it worthwhile, into making it something only to be hit a dismissive – “Why are we doing this?”. Make sure they always know it, make sure they always feel it, make sure they always know – We are doing this because. The best success is when your team starts answering

August 28, 2023

Greg Thomas

Your Membership

Your membership has privileges. If you’ve been a member somewhere for a few years, that should buy you some goodwill – a thank you, some forgiveness if something goes wrong, a check-in, etc. That’s the whole point of membership – being part of something that people care about. We’ve devolved membership to be “Sorry to see you go.” as opposed to “What did we miss?”. If you’re building a program that requires membership, start first with what privilege and purpose that builds before you get into email and invoice reminders (those are the easy things to do).

August 22, 2023

Greg Thomas

Meetings Need Way Better Subjects

Which meetings embolden you to attend and see what happens next? “Project XYQ Status Update” “Weekly Management Team Discussion” “Daily Standup” Or… “Project XYQ Launch Status” “Super Management Team JumpStart “What you did?  What you’re doing?  Where you’re going?” The only thing you have to get people excited about your meeting is the header – on their phone, on their watch, on their computer – that’s all they are getting – make it memorable.

August 20, 2023

Greg Thomas

The Good Meetings

You show up. You come prepared. You contribute to the conversation. You make sure everyone knows what the next steps are. You move forward. The key to any successful meeting is what you bring to it and what you do in it.  Whether you’re a presenter or an attendee, you can ask these questions.  And if you can’t ask these questions, you probably don’t need to be there.

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