Articles for category: Team

November 14, 2024

Greg Thomas

Learning the New Team

When I started with a team that did Agile and I didn’t, I learned Agile. When I started with a team that used TypeScript and I didn’t, I learned TypeScript. This doesn’t mean I didn’t throw in my own suggestions or bowed down to what was there but it did mean I learned the systems that were in place that had made that team successful.  Along the way, I made suggestions for them and us to improve as a whole. Coming into an existing team, there is a dynamic, a flow, that has already been established, unless you’re there to

October 18, 2024

Greg Thomas

There is no losing Team

Yeah, yeah, I know – there is always a team that wins. But when you lose… Did you get smarter? Did you get better? Did you get stronger? Did you learn what works and what doesn’t? Did you figure out what you would change for next time? Did you build a team? Did that team survive? You can lose and come out better for it.

September 8, 2024

Greg Thomas

Growing your Team

Teams grow based on numbers, skills, and deliverables. They don’t grow overnight. It doesn’t happen over an interview. The first time you meet, you are not a team, you are a group project, thrown together to see what you do. It’s your first deliverable that makes you a team and starts your path to growth – what next, what else can we accomplish, who else do we need, what do we do next – these are what will help you grow. And it starts with asking yourself – what is my team’s plan to grow?

August 29, 2024

Greg Thomas

About Standards

If you’re going to ask your team to implement a set of standards, there are a few points to consider. Are you writing them or asking them to be written? Will you be following what is written? What value will they create? Do they simplify or complicate your team’s life? Of all these items to consider, if you, as the leader, are not willing to follow these standards, then you shouldn’t be asking for them to be written. Your team takes their cues from you. It can be good to delegate the creation of tasks to get different people’s inputs,

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