by Liane Davey | Jul 9, 2015 | About teams, Be a better team leader
If I had a penny for each dollar companies have wasted in massive culture change initiatives, I’d be a rich woman. I just don’t get it. I understand that changing an IT system is complex and expensive. I know that changing a manufacturing line is capital...
by Liane Davey | Jul 1, 2015 | About teams, Be a better team leader, Exercises
I’m on vacation with the home team. (Actually, with the Dance Team as both my girls are competing at National Championships this week.) That provided a great opportunity to introduce you to a new voice. You’ll recall a few months ago that I...
by Liane Davey | Jun 24, 2015 | About teams, Be a better team member, Exercises, Success Stories
Tomorrow is the end of another school year for my daughter Mac. She’s just finishing grade 3 and a year’s worth of schoolwork is coming home in her backpack. I always enjoy looking at my kids’ work, but this time there was something really cool…something that...
by Liane Davey | May 20, 2015 | About teams, Be a better team member, Emotions, How to fix teams
I was working with a team with significantly new composition after several members had left and new people joined to replace them. It was an interesting situation because the long-tenured members had been through some very difficult times and had a few war...
by Liane Davey | May 18, 2015 | About teams, Be a better team leader, Be a better team member, Communication, Conflict, How to fix teams, Right Words to Say
You’ve heard me say it before and I’ll say it again: conflict is a natural, inevitable part of relationships and a healthy, constructive practice for teams …when done right. But like every form of communication between two people, conflict includes massive gaps in...
by Liane Davey | Apr 26, 2015 | About teams, Be a better team member, Communication, Hybrid Work, Virtual Teams
“We regional office people never know what’s going on!” I’ve heard versions of this statement many, many times both inside the organizations I have worked in and from people in the organizations I’ve consulted to. The notion that people in head office are “in...
