by Liane Davey | Sep 30, 2015 | Be a better team leader, Be a better team member, Communication, Horror Stories, How to fix teams, Right Words to Say
In three sessions with three different teams recently, the key theme has been the lack of shared ownership: A phenomenon one participant described as “everyone swimming their own race.“ This affects the value added by the team in two ways. First, when you’re...
by Liane Davey | Sep 27, 2015 | Be a better team leader, Be a better team member, Communication, Horror Stories, How to fix teams
Many of the team members I’m working with right now feel caught between two opposing forces. On the one hand, they’re living in matrix structures that require tightly aligned team behavior and interdependence. On the other hand, they feel the weight of the...
by Liane Davey | Sep 23, 2015 | Be a better team leader, Be a better team member, How to fix teams
In my previous post, I talked about the blight of teams today: the overpowering compulsion to go fast. I’m not delusional and arguing for a return to the leisurely pace of the good old days. I’m just worried that teams that try to go fast actually go slowly....
by Liane Davey | Sep 20, 2015 | Be a better team leader, Be a better team member, Horror Stories, How to fix teams
“We’re lost, but we’re making good time.” This is my new favorite quote. A client shared it with me last week. She used it to describe the feeling in the room as the executive team that she is a part of raced to come up with a solution without being aligned on...
by Liane Davey | Sep 16, 2015 | Be a better team leader, Be a better team member, How to fix teams, Stress Management
Stress…a concept we’re all familiar with these days. Recent studies suggest that 50% of office workers are experiencing significant stress at work. That’s what caused me to write last week’s post on the tsunami of stress. But is all stress bad? Is there...
by Liane Davey | Jul 9, 2015 | About teams, Be a better team leader
If I had a penny for each dollar companies have wasted in massive culture change initiatives, I’d be a rich woman. I just don’t get it. I understand that changing an IT system is complex and expensive. I know that changing a manufacturing line is capital...
