by Liane Davey | Jul 24, 2016 | About teams, Be a better team leader, How to fix teams
When we get invited to help a team become high performing, occasionally, there is a team member who doesn’t want to participate in the process. It all starts innocuously; the team leader starts by inviting the person to participate and gets in response, “yes, but too...
by Liane Davey | Jul 12, 2016 | About teams, Be a better team member, Contribute, Exercises, How to fix teams
Since the seminal work of Charles Spearman at the turn of the 20th century, we have been studying, measuring, and eventually selecting for, individual intelligence. If you want to, you can find out if you’re smarter than a fifth grader. Until recently, we haven’t...
by Liane Davey | Jun 25, 2016 | About teams, Be a better team member, Contribute, Strategy & Planning
Facilitating executive teams as they develop their business strategies is one of my favorite things to do. I love learning about shifting dynamics in individual industries and about macro-trends that cut across all industries. I get charged up when a client connects...
by Liane Davey | Jun 22, 2016 | About teams, Horror Stories, How to fix teams
I got all excited in my last post about the shady dealings that plague team’s efforts to manage talent effectively; hiding, protecting, hoarding, and stealing good people. As I was writing, I realized that many of these poor talent practices are supported by...
by Liane Davey | Jun 19, 2016 | About teams, Be a better team member, Conflict, Horror Stories
A great test of whether or not a leadership team has high trust is how they handle the movement of people across different departments. More often than not, shady dealings expose the true nature of the relationship, which is essentially collaboration when...
by Liane Davey | Jun 8, 2016 | About teams, Conflict
I never thought I would witness a Rock ‘em Sock ‘em battle royale between heavyweight social scientists, but that’s exactly what’s playing out in the media this week. In one corner is Adam Grant, weighing in with a Wharton Professorship, bestselling books, and a...
