Articles for category: Leadership

November 4, 2020

Greg Thomas

Vacation Guilt in A Remote World

When you can’t go anywhere on vacation, everyone knows where you are. The pull to log in “just once” and check your email. Or respond to that quick SLACK message that shows up on your phone. Or give out your personal cell for people to reach out to you in a pinch. If you choose not to respond, you’re wracked with guilt over letting your team down at a time when you were supposed to be “away”. You wouldn’t treat your team this way, so don’t do it to yourself. If you are planning to be on a “staycation”, do

November 1, 2020

Greg Thomas

Showing Up

Had a great time recording this episode of Remotely Prepared where we talked about the one hard thing that everyone is struggling with doing right now. Showing Up… especially when you’re a Leader. If you’re not sure how to do it, this is the episode for you to listen to. If you’re not sure if you’re doing it right, this is the episode for you to listen to. And if you’re not sure where to start, just show up and say “Hi”.

October 24, 2020

Greg Thomas

Understanding vs Knowing

We all know about problems. There are too many that exist right now to not know about problems that governments, companies and people are trying to solve. But do we understand the problem? Do we understand and appreciate all the intricacies and minutia that go into the problem? Do we grasp the context that is forming the problem and the data that is outlining what it is and what must be done to resolve it? Too often we accept Knowing the problem as acceptance for Understanding the problem, when they are so very different. It’s that chasm between Knowing and

October 20, 2020

Greg Thomas

Rethink the Problem

Factors change. Results come in. Experiments succeed and fail. What you thought you knew was the problem, might not have been the problem at all. Don’t get frustrated or even worse, give up. Step back, rethink the problem, approach it from a different angle. Move forward.

October 19, 2020

Greg Thomas

The Hard Conversations are not Getting Easier

In fact they are getting harderer and the more you keep ignoring them, the more you keep brushing them under the rug, the more you keep pushing them to the side, the harder it gets to have the conversation. When everyone was on-site (that sounds better than on-premise) you could linger in the conference room and have that side chat to discuss the outcome of the meeting and next steps. But that rarely happens in the remote world, everyone is in a hurry to jump off the call and head to their next one. For this reason, this is why

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