by Liane Davey | Mar 6, 2016 | About teams, Be a better team member, How to fix teams
It’s one of those days where I didn’t have an idea of what to write about so I started Googling random things. Just for fun, I keyed in “secret of effective teamwork.” I read a bunch of articles before my inner voice starting yelling: THERE IS NO SECRET OF EFFECTIVE...
by Liane Davey | Feb 21, 2016 | About teams, Communication, Contribute, Meetings
There are almost infinite posts in the blogosphere about how to give better presentations. If you want good ones, try www.PublicWords.com by Dr. Nick Morgan. Today, I’m dedicating this space not to giving presentations but instead to receiving them. While I would give...
by Liane Davey | Feb 7, 2016 | About teams, Be a better team leader, Contribute, Horror Stories, How to fix teams
A couple of weeks ago, I did a feature on how teams are sinking into the weeds. In that post, I talked about the nature of effective team conversations and the dimensions on which those conversations start to lose value. Now, I’ve turned that post into a handy-dandy...
by Liane Davey | Jan 31, 2016 | About teams, Be a better team member, Contribute, Exercises, How to fix teams, Right Words to Say
I recently debuted a new speech about building high performance teams. My ideas about how to build a high performance team (and whether teams even have the courage that high performance requires) are getting crisper…and edgier. I’ll share some of those ideas on the...
by Liane Davey | Jan 24, 2016 | About teams, Bad Leaders, Contribute, Horror Stories
Many of the leadership teams I work with are perpetually stuck in the weeds. They add value about 3 layers below where they should be. This yields two atrocious outcomes. First, while you’re trapped in the weeds, no one is paying attention to the opportunities and...
by Liane Davey | Jan 13, 2016 | About teams, Be a better team leader
I love it when my work insights and my personal insights collide. Today is one of those days. I’ll skip to the punch line: The insight is that not every organization is, or should be, a democracy. Leaders sometimes need to impose an unpopular decision. First, I’ll...
