Blog

June 16, 2017

Greg Thomas

Correct LinkedIn Group Usage

If you are not using LinkedIn Groups, not to worry, they ARE, still a thing. In fact, I use them now, more than I ever did before, going so far as to create my own group focused around Software Driven Leadership for Technology Professionals. If you have not been using LinkedIn Groups then I can only surmise you are not interested in; Expanding your network by meeting like-minded individuals sharing their work as much as yours. Receiving feedback on articles you post on LinkedIn. Engaging in respectful discussion on topics that matter to you. Receiving insight and alerts on topics

June 15, 2017

Greg Thomas

When your Funnel starts shrinking

Whether it’s your sales, project, lead or work funnel – we all experience that moment where it contracts and the phones stop ringing. Perhaps it’s because you haven’t been able to put in the daily work to maintain that consistent growth or maybe everyone has simply gone on vacation. Whatever the case, now is not the time to worry, now is the time to dig. Perhaps your normal channels are no longer working and it’s time to branch out into new areas.  How can you improve your reach, expand to more people, find more opportunities. Or, maybe everything is all good

June 14, 2017

Greg Thomas

Leadership is not all about Leading

It sounds like it would be, but it’s not. It’s about building future leaders. It’s about coaching others to take chances. It’s about guiding others through hard decisions, letting them make mistakes and helping them learn from them. It’s about shifting paradigms and worldviews to help people grow and improve. It’s about doing the work no one wants to do, so others can grow through doing the more visible, important work. It’s about putting aside your own praise and redirecting it to those you work with. Leading a team is only one component of leadership, it’s all the other aspects

June 13, 2017

Greg Thomas

How to Make Successful Decisions

It’s not that successful people have better luck when it comes to making decisions, but rather that they apply a differ criteria in getting there, different from our own. Check it out here.

June 12, 2017

Greg Thomas

Your Voice, Your Message

Sometimes these posts don’t make sense. Sometimes I see the emails fly by and my grammar and prose are atrocious. Sometimes I forget to write the pieces in my head that fill in the blanks of the genius I was hoping would spew forth from my finger tips. Sometimes I miss the mark. But every message, every post has a voice, a purpose and a direction.  It might not be clear by reading the first 5, 10 or 20 posts but it’s there. Start your voice, find your direction, experiment, switch it up if you need to and keep iterating. No one