by Liane Davey | Apr 6, 2016 | Bad Leaders, Be a better team leader, Connect, Horror Stories
In the previous post, I responded to an email from Susan about the perils of double standards and team leaders who play favorites. To be fair, there are a few legitimate reasons to have favorites, but when those biases affect the opportunities, coaching, feedback, or...
by Liane Davey | Apr 3, 2016 | Bad Leaders, Be a better team leader, Horror Stories
Susan sent in a great topic idea that she wanted me to address here on ChangeYourTeam—the all too common problem of double standards and different rules for the boss’ favorites. In her message, Susan shared a couple of examples of how this causes significant problems...
by Liane Davey | Mar 27, 2016 | About teams, Bad Leaders, Be a better team leader, Communication, Connect, Horror Stories, How to fix teams, Right Words to Say
It can be extremely frustrating when one of your teammates isn’t cooperating. But at least when it’s one of your own teammates that’s behaving badly, you have some recourse with your mutual manager. With constructive and mature feedback, you’re likely to make progress...
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 | Nov 15, 2015 | Bad Leaders, Be a better team leader, Be a better team member, Communication, Horror Stories, Right Words to Say
I gave a keynote session last week to a group of Health and Safety experts. Following the speech, they were asking questions about the impact of dysfunctional teams on workplace mental health. Someone asked for assistance in dealing with a co-worker who doesn’t pull...
by Liane Davey | Nov 8, 2015 | Bad Leaders, Be a better team member, Horror Stories
A recent comment on the blog has got me a little hot under the collar. I don’t do it often, but today I’m dedicating the post to a response. The comment was on an earlier version of my post “How to say ‘no’ to a good idea.” The gist was that my advice missed a...
