by Liane Davey | Oct 29, 2017 | About teams, Be a better team leader, Be a better team member, Conflict, Exercises, How to fix teams, Right Words to Say, Strategy & Planning
Does your team have a “too hard pile?” Is there a list of issues that everyone knows need to be addressed for your business to evolve, but there is tactic agreement that they would be so uncomfortable, so messy to discuss that you just work around them? That’s what...
by Liane Davey | Oct 22, 2017 | About teams, Be a better team leader, Contribute, How to fix teams
I’m pretty sure this is going to be a controversial statement, but I’m saying it anyway. The culture of fear in your organization (yes, I’m pretty sure there’s a culture of fear in your organization) is stemming from leaders’ unwillingness to create discomfort for...
by Liane Davey | Oct 1, 2017 | Be a better team leader, Communication, Contribute, Exercises, How to fix teams, Meetings, Success Stories
I was facilitating an executive team meeting last week. Although the meeting had been scheduled as a full day, four people started the day saying that they needed to leave early. (I’ll save my rant about that for later). Four of the team members needed to be gone by...
by Liane Davey | Jun 25, 2017 | Be a better team leader, Contribute, Personal Effectiveness
It’s the time of year where I ask people about their summer vacation plans. It’s amazing how many aren’t even going to take a full week off. There are many excuses about “We’re in the middle of an important change initiative,” or “Maybe it will be calmer in the fall,”...
by Liane Davey | Jun 18, 2017 | About teams, Be a better team leader, Horror Stories, How to fix teams
I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve been called into an organization to help build a culture of teamwork, only to learn that people are measured, managed, and rewarded around individual performance. If success in your organization is defined exclusively by...
by Liane Davey | Jun 4, 2017 | Be a better team leader, Communication, Contribute, Meetings, Right Words to Say
When I’m preparing to facilitate a session, I always conduct individual interviews with the members of the team I’ll be working with. The last question I ask is, “what advice would you give me?” The most common response is, “get the quiet people to participate.” This...
