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11 months ago

Greg Thomas

Your Organization’s Sump Pump

Having a working Sump Pump during a rain storm, during a flood, can be your savior. A Sump Pump is a hole in your basement that has a pump in it, when the water fills up the hole to a certain level, the pump turns on and starts pumping that water out of your house. Your house is saved. When there is no water in the hole, the pump never runs.  Depending on where you live, that could mean that your sump pump runs 5% of the time or less. But when you need it, it is there, dutifully doing

11 months ago

Greg Thomas

The Glue

The Glue fills in the Gaps on your team. They keep you together. They stop you from breaking apart. The glue isn’t a process, a spreadsheet or a line of code. The glue is a person. They might not have the title that you would think designates them as the glue, but everyone knows who they are and what they bring to the team. Everyone has someone on their team that is the glue – chances are it might be you.

11 months ago

Greg Thomas

Don’t Stand to the Side

Want to learn more? Want to get better at a particular task? Want to grow a new skill set? Stop standing to the side and jump in. Volunteer. Ask to take on a new task. And when you figure out that task, ask for another. You don’t grow by standing to the side and watching.  You grow by jumping in, falling over, making mistakes, and getting back up and trying again.

11 months ago

Greg Thomas

Filling The Gaps

In every role, in every team, there are gaps – work that needs to be done, that we all know needs to be done, but no one has the cycles to do it. These are the gaps. Good leaders identify the gaps, Great leaders fill them – they take on the task and they get it done. That’s how you go from Good to Great.

11 months ago

Greg Thomas

The Big Event

The Big Event is what you are getting ready for. The release of your software. The presentation you’ve spent the last month working on. The proposal you’ve spent the last week on. The purchase you’ve been saving for. The Big Event is whatever it is that you’ve been wanting to accomplish, working on it bit by bit each day. The Big Event is here – hope you’re ready.