by Liane Davey | Sep 25, 2016 | Be a better team leader, Be a better team member, Communication, Feedback, Personal Effectiveness
I love the questions I get at the end of a keynote. This week I got a couple of really good ones. The first was, “How do I handle it when someone asks for feedback and then responds poorly when I provide it?” The best answer starts long before you have someone yelling...
by Liane Davey | Sep 18, 2016 | Be a better team leader, Communication, Contribute, Meetings
In my last post, I shared my response to an audience member who asked how to reduce the impact of the person on her team who needs to talk everything out. You can read that post here. As I was writing, I realized that the opposite is a problem worth discussing too....
by Liane Davey | Sep 14, 2016 | Be a better team leader, Communication, Meetings
“I’m trying to chair efficient meetings, but I have someone on my team who always needs to talk it out before coming to a decision. How can I reduce the amount of time he takes up in our meetings?” This was a great question I was asked after delivering a speech about...
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....
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 | Jun 15, 2016 | Be a better team leader, Contribute
You make decisions each and every day about what is the most important priority for your team. At least I hope you do. But I’m starting to worry that many managers aren’t making these decisions. Instead, they’re waiting to make a decision until it’s clear which one...
