Articles for category: Leadership

February 13, 2023

Greg Thomas

Leading Devs: What value in a Meeting?

We all have meetings and they aren’t going anywhere. Status meetings, Standup Meetings, Townhall Meetings, Update Meetings, Meetings for the Meetings, Meetings that maybe could have been emails, New Announcement Meetings, Interview Meetings, etc, etc, etc, the list goes on. And when it comes to your team being involved in meetings there are only two questions you should always be asking yourself. Are they getting something out of this meeting? i.e., are they contributing OR are they coding away on something else? Do they know what the follow-up from the meeting is? If you aren’t engaged in a meeting, you’re

February 12, 2023

Greg Thomas

Leading Devs: The Daily Pulse

Developers crank out code. Not by how many lines they do, or how much they get out the door, but by how they design it, test it, debug it, architect it, smoke test it, and compare it against different frameworks, etc, etc, etc. They do all that work to crank out code. When doing all those tasks, developers go into a tunnel (or the cave).  I love working in the cave, my headphones are on (sometimes no music), and I’m just working away focused on those problems because I need to get them done. To crank out code. As a

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).

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