Articles for category: Leadership

December 18, 2020

Greg Thomas

Remote Accountability

There is a phrase people don’t want to hear too much. Accountability. Years ago, I remember hearing my former team complaining about a session they had to have with an external trainer on “Accountability” and how it bothered them so much. “We were told we had to start owning what we worked on.” Even though they already were, the hidden message they were all reading was – “We have to start owning what we work on and everything that came before us” – which is impossible. There is a difference between having your team being accountable and micromanaging them. In

December 15, 2020

Greg Thomas

Inspirational Leadership

In a time of everyone being remote, you can still inspire. It’s not as easy, but it can be done. The last however many years you’ve been leading have all been on site, with your team completely beside you, but now, no longer the case, you are separated and not always by choice. On the latest episode of Remotely Prepared we talk about this important issue especially as we head into a new year. Take a listen.

December 13, 2020

Greg Thomas

Prep for Launch

Whatever you have coming up in the week, take a look at what it is and plan it out for the week. But we don’t want to do that, because the prep is hard. There is a reason why prepared meals are so popular, because they do the hard work and all we have to do is the assembly. Once you know what you’re doing, the assembly is easy.

December 8, 2020

Greg Thomas

What People Think

On a big initiative, where you have a lot of people reporting to you, where you have a big team and lots of money behind you it’s easy to be swayed into worrying what people are thinking and how they are viewing your progress. But just like with a small project, all that matters is the client. Nothing else.

December 7, 2020

Greg Thomas

The Expert

I was reminded of a story a while back when a friend of ours was called an expert in their field. Whatever he was talking about at that time he stopped and refuted. Even going so far as to cancel a show interview because they wanted to advertise him as an expert. His response – “No one is an expert, we are all learning, and we are all, always gaining experience.” Useful advice when you think you are at the top of game, not realizing how much you still have left to learn.