by Liane Davey | May 8, 2016 | Be a better team leader, Connect, Emotions, Right Words to Say
How many times have you heard someone say, “let’s just take the emotions out of this discussion?” It’s one of my favorite lines I hear in team effectiveness sessions. And when I say “favorite,” I mean, forehead slapping, groan-inducing, “this is going to be a long...
by Liane Davey | May 4, 2016 | Be a better team leader, Communication, How to fix teams, Meetings, Right Words to Say
When working with senior executives, one of the most common requests I get is to help create “juicy conversations.” What they mean by “juicy” is deep, probing, uncomfortable, novel, productive conversations that go beyond the normal safe, boring talk that...
by Liane Davey | Apr 20, 2016 | Be a better team leader, Communication, Contribute, How to fix teams, Right Words to Say
“We’re smart people, we kick off a lot of ideas.” This was a quote from a participant in the Cascading Strategy workshop we delivered last week. We were in the midst of a discussion about clearing out some low value work to make room for the new strategic priorities...
by Liane Davey | Apr 10, 2016 | Be a better team leader, Connect, Horror Stories, Right Words to Say
Do you have someone on your team who always seems to have a little personal storm cloud hovering overhead? You know who I mean: the person who inevitably responds to an exciting initiative by criticizing or complaining. I don’t know about you, but I really struggle to...
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...
