by Liane Davey | Dec 4, 2016 | About teams, Be a better team leader, Contribute, How to fix teams, Strategy & Planning
There were many things to learn from the 2016 U.S. Presidential election. One of the lessons that has considerable application to the workplace is the risk of living in an echo chamber. The term “echo chamber” was used to describe the propensity of voters to surround...
by Liane Davey | Nov 30, 2016 | About teams, Be a better team leader, Contribute, Strategy & Planning
If there is one line I hear over and over from the middle layers of management, it’s “what are we going to stop doing?” They are desperate for activities to be removed from their very full plates if new ones are going to be added. Although trade-offs are welcomed by...
by Liane Davey | Oct 26, 2016 | About teams, Bad Leaders, Be a better team leader, Strategy & Planning
“We’re lucky. Times are good and it’s pretty easy to manage right now.” This is a quote from a member of an executive team I’m working with right now. He’s right, times are good for their business…really good. He’s also right that the steady sales and recurring...
by Liane Davey | Oct 9, 2016 | About teams, Be a better team leader, Contribute, How to fix teams, Strategy & Planning
I was listening while a group of executives spoke about how to make their organization more agile. What was interesting, was that most of their comments referred to the speed they needed to move, rather than to their agility. I think it’s important to understand the...
by Liane Davey | Oct 5, 2016 | About teams, Be a better team leader, Be a better team member, Conflict, How to fix teams
I’m toying around with writing another book; a thought that creates simultaneous excitement and terror. Given that it’s been three years since You First came out, I thought I better ramp up slowly. I’m going to write a few posts that capture some of the ideas I might...
by Liane Davey | Jul 31, 2016 | About teams, Be a better team leader, Be a better team member, Communication, How to fix teams
At least once a day I hear someone talk about the importance of balance. Balance is the elusive state of having two or more things in the right proportion or the right emphasis, amount, or weight. CEO’s talk about balancing revenue, cost, and customer satisfaction....
