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June 9, 2021

Greg Thomas

Conveying your Message from a Box

Right now, at this moment, you will have a few meetings that will be remote today. You will have to convey your ideas from a box. The more people that are added to the meeting, the smaller that box will become and the greater the work to convey your message from that box will become. You can try talking over the speaker, but those days are long gone. We’ve all had a year of that and we know it doesn’t work. The same powerpoint template that everyone has seen from everyone else? The same action items for what needs to

June 8, 2021

Greg Thomas

The Elephant in the Zoom

No way can I take credit for this phrase – but I love it. It comes from Wanda Haddock, a recent guest on Remotely Prepared where we talk about Scaling Startups Remotely. She talks about how we are all presence icons (dots) and heads in a square box talking to each other and gives out tips and tricks on what she does to keep audiences better engaged with one another. The complete Interview is available here.

June 7, 2021

Greg Thomas

Former and the Latter

Two options to accomplish a goal, the first one and the last one. That’s how we discuss it, two options. We can implement the former or the latter and see how it goes. If you are faced with these two choices, there is always a third, a fourth, a fifth, somehwere between former and the later – that’s where your answer lies.

June 6, 2021

Greg Thomas

Hard Conversations

Everone’s tired. Everyone has something going on that you don’t know about. But ignoring those hard conversations and those hard questions will only make things worst, will only cause distrress and confusion amongst your team in the short-run and long-run. I’m reminded of the interview we had with Heather Caudill a few months ago on Remotely Prepared where she talked about the need for these conversations and what value has come from initiating them and having them with her team. It’s worth a second (maybe even third) listen if you haven’t heard it already.

June 5, 2021

Greg Thomas

Your Peer Leader

We all have one, someone, in some part of the company, organization, department, team that keeps us in play. When things go wrong, they jump into help. When things go right, they are there to make sure we get our due credit. When things blow up in our face, they encourage us to go on. When we need a moment, they find it and give it to us. When it’s time to move on, they make sure we do. When you’re not challenging yourself, they make sure you start. And you do all the same for them. You are each