Articles for category: Team

August 28, 2024

Greg Thomas

The Return of the Red Herring

There are two ways to shut down the constant stream of Red Herrings. Acknowledge their issue, and ask them if they want to run with it. Ask if that should be the team’s primary focus instead of what they are here to discuss. Ask them for their plan to resolve the issue. A few things will happen. They will not want to run with it. They will not want to change the team’s focus. They will not have a plan – if you stick with this line over and over, perhaps they will start showing up with a plan –

August 11, 2024

Greg Thomas

Your Team’s Growth Plan

While everyone is working on the day-to-day, your focus, as the leader needs to be on their growth. What can they do to get better? What do they need? What are they missing? What do they want to be learning? Where can I help them? These are all the necessary pieces that you need to put together to help them achieve their growth plan so they can keep being the same great team that keeps executing, delivering and accomplishing on a daily basis.

July 5, 2024

Greg Thomas

A Tale of Two Chainsaws

One chainsaw – consistently starts, is kind of powerful, doesn’t give up, keeps chugging, and needs some maintenance. Another chainsaw – new, strong, has the potential to do a lot, gets temperamental when you don’t position it properly or get the timing of the start wrong. Both do the same thing – cut wood, when you don’t want to be cutting wood because you need to cut wood. Which one are you going with?  

June 28, 2024

Greg Thomas

The Parts of your Team

When something in your house breaks, you generally need to go find a part to fix it. You go to the store, you find the part, and then you figure out how to take the old, broken part off and put the new shiny one on. Sometimes they fit perfectly like a glove, like they were designed for it.  But most times they don’t, either what you have is too old and you are now trying to mesh it with something new or vice-versa. Regardless, you push to make it work, because if you don’t, well, whatever that thing that

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