by Liane Davey | Oct 1, 2014 | About teams, Be a better team leader, Be a better team member, Horror Stories, How to fix teams, Right Words to Say
“How do I break down barriers and encourage a group of volunteers to strive for higher performance?” That is the question Ingrid posed recently on the ChangeYourTeam Community. Having experienced a few dysfunctional and under-performing volunteer organizations myself,...
by Liane Davey | Jul 16, 2014 | About teams, Be a better team leader, Horror Stories, How to fix teams, Success Stories
The “busy” epidemic has received significant attention and much has been written about how to prioritize to keep one’s workload at a manageable level. In my book, You First: Inspire Your Team to Grow Up, Get Along, and Get Stuff Done, I even included a chapter...
by Liane Davey | Jul 6, 2014 | About teams, Be a better team leader, How to fix teams, Meetings
One my favorite books is a healthy eating book called In Defense of Food, by Michael Pollan. It’s part nutrition guide and part history book on the evolution of industrial food production. The most compelling argument Pollan makes is that we are eating more and more...
by Liane Davey | Jun 25, 2014 | About teams, Be a better team leader, How to fix teams
I had six different conversations about diversity this week. Of all the methods I use to come up with content for this blog, I take the synchronicity rule most seriously—if six different people want help to think through the topic of diversity in one week, it’s time...
by Liane Davey | Jun 18, 2014 | About teams, Communication, Success Stories
Many years ago now, when I took over managing our team of consultants, I made the high profile and much-discussed decision to move to an open office layout. No walls, no cubicles, just desks with one-foot high dividers. Eight years and a new building later and our...
by Liane Davey | May 28, 2014 | About teams, Be a better team member, Horror Stories, Personal Effectiveness
Have you lived through a time of uncertainty on your team? What did you learn about your comfort with ambiguity and your strategies for coping with a vacuum of information? You probably have your own way of handling these difficult situations and it’s important to be...
