Articles for category: Leadership

March 10, 2021

Greg Thomas

Replicating the Office Experience

You can’t replicate what you did before in the office. Running into people in the hallway. Chatting in the lunchroom. Picking up someone who is stuck on a bug by buying them a coffee. Having a random, yet project altering conversation about whatever it is you are working on that started off with a conversation about what font we are using. All those things are not going to happen the way they used to. They can still happen, but we need to find the different ways, the new ways to make them work. We’re redrawing our neural pathways daily to

March 7, 2021

Greg Thomas

Good Enough?

I heard this line in a recent promotion for a new show on HBO, I’m paraphrasing here but it went something like this… There are Expectations for me to be something that I’m not good enough to be. When we question what we are working on or what we are doing, how often do we feel that way? Is that the root of being considered an Impostor or not “good enough” to do this work at hand? Is this what roils the confusion and frustration within us? I don’t know, all I know is this quote has me thinking about

March 5, 2021

Greg Thomas

How do you Show Up?

Do you come prepared for meetings? Are you always late to ZOOM calls? Does your work get pushed out from sprint to sprint? Do you ignore the big problems hoping go away? Do you appear with unbridled positivity? Do you take feedback or only seek validation? How you show up, how you present who you are to people, is how you will be seen. If you are always unprepared for meetings, showing up late and derailing meetings, you probably won’t get asked back – that’s how you decided to show up that day – maybe there was a reason, but

February 26, 2021

Greg Thomas

What’s Their Motivation?

I forget about this from time to time, but was reminded by a colleague last week. When trying to find a way forward with colleagues, or a common ground, the first step forward can be in taking a step back and trying to understand what that team member’s motivation is. What are they focused on? Where are they starting from? What do they need? Where do they need to go? All these questions and more can help you understand the next steps of someone you are working with and how best to engage them to help them (and yourself move

February 25, 2021

Greg Thomas

Finding Trust

If you don’t have trust on your team. If you’re not all working towards the same goal. If you’re not being up front with where you are at with your team. Ask yourself this one question… Where are you then helping your team?

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