Articles for category: Team

5 days ago

Greg Thomas

Where are we?

In any movie, when our intrepid team is trying to solve the latest problem in front of them, what do they do? They take stock of where they are, they lay all their equipment out, they throw away all pretense and nonsense, and simply ask the question – “Where are we?” If you are not doing this with your team, if you are masking this question around ideals and hopes and not wanting to rock the boat, then you are letting your team down. Where are we is the most important question you need to be asking your team.

6 days ago

Greg Thomas

Team Events

Team Events need to start making a comeback. I don’t know when they went away, but dinner and a movie is not a team event. Doing things together, taking everyone away from the computer, having laughs and smiles about anything and everything. That’s what builds team culture, memories, moments, strung together – not just all about work. Team Events don’t have to cost money, and those are often the best ones. Team events are what bring people together, like anything else, and if you’re not having them, then you’re keeping your team apart.

2 months ago

Greg Thomas

Who Attends the Meeting?

Who do you really, truly need at that next meeting? Who do you not need? I’m sure lots of people want to be at your meeting, but do they need to be there. If they don’t need to be there, don’t invite them. We’re past the era of “they might need to hear something”, there is a new era beginning and starts with need and value.

3 months ago

Greg Thomas

Team Emergence

You’re now a team until someone else jumps in. There are no teams of one, because it’s just you. When two people start doing things together, you have a start. When three people start talking through problems, you have a base. And when four people start moving in the same direction, you have an emergence. That’s a team.

7 months ago

Greg Thomas

What Your Team Needs

It’s not an easy time to be leading teams these days. If you’re running a software team, here are some things I’d be considering; Yes, AI is here, let’s focus on what we have to do and how we can leverage it. Let’s focus on the value we create in our work. Working on legacy code?  Great, there is a need for that, but our plan will be to move forward and remove it. Are there areas for automation we should investigate to help the team work better? The team works better when it is moving as one, when concerns

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