Articles for category: Leadership

February 11, 2023

Greg Thomas

Make a Plan When Things Go Wrong

Things might be going very badly. Things might not be where you hoped they would be. Plain and simple, everything is going wrong. You have two options – lament all that is going wrong and wonder “why oh why does this keep happening to me?” or make a plan. Outline the steps lay them out, and figure out what they need to do and what comes after what.  If they are still too big to wrap your head around, keep breaking them down until you have nothing exceeding a few days. Most importantly break it down to the level where

February 8, 2023

Greg Thomas

Leading Devs: Know your Leadership Style

You don’t have to have a leadership style to be successful. You don’t have to follow a set of rules or guidance as to what you do and follow the latest and greatest books and blogs. You can build your own style. You can sit down with yourself and ask that tough question – what kind of leader do I want to be? And from there, you can implement it day in and day out, tweaking as you go. The problem with many leaders is having that conversation with themselves can be very hard, very difficult to have, it’s easier

February 4, 2023

Greg Thomas

How Will You Lead?

When things are going great? When things are going wrong? When you are at the top of your game? When you just got the latest, biggest, bestest promotion? When you just got fired or laid off? When someone left a bad comment on your latest blog? How you lead in the good and the bad will determine where you take yourself from here (no one else, just you).

February 1, 2023

Greg Thomas

Waiting to Manage

Management and Leadership are two different things, neither can wait to happen. If your team doesn’t know what is happening or who is doing what, they need a manager, they need someone to jump in and help. That person is you, your team is waiting – it doesn’t have to be complicated – a Trello Board, Miro, Notion, Notepad, or anything that helps your team gets organized. Don’t wait.

January 22, 2023

Greg Thomas

What’s the Worst that could happen?

And let’s not start with – it could all blow up in your face and the world could end. If the worst is that the next release might be later but your current release is already on track to be late, then the worst case is that you could have a late release (give or take). We use the “What’s the worst that could happen?” – excuse as a push-off to not doing anything because it sounds ominous and scary when it fact it’s not that bad. The only answer to – “What’s the worst that could happen?” is always

© 2025 Rambli by Greg Thomas. All rights reserved.