Articles for category: Team

April 6, 2025

Greg Thomas

The Burst

The burst happens when you’re tired. When you don’t think you have any energy left to give. When all you want to do is sit down and rest. But then you see something, a spark, a moment where you think you can make a difference, and from nowhere this swell of energy comes out at you and you know you have to capitalize on it. Some people are able to continually change bursts together (which often times leads to burnout), other people take their time, choose when to pick the burst that matters most to them, picking their moments, and

April 5, 2025

Greg Thomas

The Best Teammates

Everyone knows who the best teammates are. They have the best skills, but they don’t flaunt it. They take the tasks no one wants, but they know they need to get done. They don’t complain when things go sideways, they figure a way out. They don’t place blame on others, they look for what they can change. They own up to things that happen and chart a path forward. They do what the team needs when the team needs it. Everyone knows who the best teammates are, and who we want on our team – we all want this person

March 16, 2025

Greg Thomas

I Know more than You

No I don’t. Not even close. I know things you don’t know and vice-versa. That’s the beauty of working with a team, you don’t have to be the expert at everything, you don’t have to know it all. The best advice I ever got for leading a developer that outclassed me in every area – “I won’t be able to help you with coding, but I am going to help you with all that other stuff” – and from there we worked incredibly well together. There are no Gurus, Ninjas or Rockstars – there is you and your team.

December 16, 2024

Greg Thomas

Building the Team’s Trust

You don’t just start trusting each other. It’s not something that happens on the first, second, thirtieth, or seven thousandth day. It just happens. It happens when the team has put in the daily bits to make it happen. It happens when the team has put in the effort to get there. It happens when the team has committed to the result, irrespective of the costs. Don’t force it, guide it, support it, then it will happen.

December 15, 2024

Greg Thomas

Losing a Team Member

You will lose a team member. You can’t always plan for it, but it will happen. It will not be of your own choosing. But it will happen. And when it does… I wish them well, success, the best of luck, and support, for they will need it.  Starting over, at a new place, a new job, a new team is never easy. It wasn’t meant to be, but they are taking a step forward in their development, their career, their growth. Be there for them, just as you would want someone there for you.

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