Articles for category: Leadership

September 13, 2021

Greg Thomas

Growing Past Elbow to Elbow

When you are small, everyone and everything is within reach – you are all close together, all next to each other. You can smell the excitement and fear as you push code into production. It’s not one person doing it, it’s everyone, waiting, with bated breath to see what happens. When a customer calls in with an issue, everyone is watching the chat conversation or listening to the speaker. Everyone is there, everyone is involved – your success is predicated upon how much everyone has and wants to put into making it a success. You are all connected at the

September 12, 2021

Greg Thomas

One-On-One Struggles

One-On-Ones are hard, they aren’t easy. If they were easy, we wouldn’t need to do them. Getting started with a team member where there is no trust is even harder because we want that immediate trust, that immediate connection, that quick win. If your one-on-ones are all walks in the park, you’re either not asking the right questions or you’re not putting in the right amount of effort. Embrace the struggle.

August 31, 2021

Greg Thomas

Remotely Prepared – It’s About the People

This could have been the title for our recent episode with Simran Chaudhry but we went with “Invest in Your People”. I loved doing this interview not because it was a great chance to catch up with Sim or to do the recording from the beach but rather just to hear about all the small investments they are doing in their company and how it is paying off for them. Build a great team and the rest will follow. https://www.upsidedownoffice.com/podcast/invest-in-your-people-with-simran-chaudhry-interview

August 29, 2021

Greg Thomas

The First 10 Minutes of Every Meeting

It’s yours. If you called the meeting, all eyes are on you. And they are waiting. For what you are going to say and what you are going to do. The first ten minutes are yours to set the direction and set the tone. If you are discussing numbers and dates, come with numbers and dates – don’t spend the first ten minutes searching for them. If you are discussing problems, come with the problem known (better yet send it out in advance). If you are discussing slippage in releases, come with reasons why it’s late. The first ten minutes

August 28, 2021

Greg Thomas

The Leadership Baseline

It’s a line, it’s a minimum, it’s the baseline for what you need to be successful. It’s where you are starting. It’s who you are as a leader and where you need to go. It is the starting point of the path you are going to take. It’s the basic level you are at. And it’s from here you will grow to become a better leader. But first, you have to know where you are starting from.

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