Articles for category: Leadership

October 17, 2020

Greg Thomas

Under the Rug

As far as expressions go, Sweeping it under the Rug is one of those sayings that bring up images of covering things up, hiding “stuff” or worst, simply ignoring what happened and moving on. There is a great episode of the Simpsons where Homer is put in charge of garbage and keeps sweeping the garbage under the rug (i.e., the city) until it explodes from golf courses and manholes. That’s what happens when you don’t deal with the problem and try to hide it. It’s always there, it never gets better until it explodes at the worst possible moment.

October 15, 2020

Greg Thomas

Everyone Needs to Own It

A problem on the team, is a team problem to solve. It’s not one person’s problem. It’s not the people most familiar with the problem. It’s the entire team. If your team isn’t owning the problem, if they don’t all feel that sense of ownership and need to do something to make it better. Then they are not owning it. And if your team isn’t owning it, that just became your new problem. Why won’t my team accept responsibility and why won’t they own this.

October 12, 2020

Greg Thomas

If the Lead Isn’t Being Taken…

Take it. Don’t worry if you stumble or make a mistake as you get started. You are the one that decided to take on the hardest role when no one else did. Not everyone will recognize that. But those that do. Will be thankful you had the courage to take that step.

October 11, 2020

Greg Thomas

The New Remote Power Moves

Letting someone sit in the lobby. Muting them when they are talking. Grabbing the Screen share session. Forcing people on video because everyone else is. Daily Status updates to channels so people know they are working. Making sure that presence icon is always green. These are the new management power moves that are running the remote world. It’s a petty list that does nothing to help your team work better and more effectively. I don’t need to go through each one to say what the adverse affects are – you can do that for yourself. Remote work, remote leadership, remote

October 10, 2020

Greg Thomas

Identifying Team Drift

There come’s a moment in every team’s lifespan, when they start to drift. They become complacent. They go onto auto-pilot. They start going through the motions. What they build is definitely not what the customer asked for. In short, they drift. Everyone knows how to “wake up” your team, fix the drift, get them back on track and figure out what’s going on (if not, there is a way to fix that). Identifying it before it becomes too late is another task altogether that can be harder for managers, especially new managers to figure out. Some early warning signs include;

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