by Liane Davey | Mar 29, 2015 | About teams, Be a better team leader, Exercises, How to fix teams
Is teamwork absolutely essential to delivering the plan in your company? Are there multiple interdependencies among you and your teammates that affect your ability to get things done? Are there times when you need to share resources to make sure the most important...
by Liane Davey | Mar 25, 2015 | Be a better team leader, Communication, Right Words to Say
In my previous post, I complained about people who transmit one-way messages and think they’ve communicated. You can read the full post here. Essentially, the point is that transmitting a message without confirming whether or not it was received and, more...
by Liane Davey | Mar 8, 2015 | Bad Leaders, Be a better team leader, Be a better team member, Communication, Conflict, Emotions, Horror Stories, How to fix teams
Last week I wrote a post about crying at work. Interestingly (but maybe not surprisingly), I didn’t get much feedback from men. (Too radioactive to weigh in, maybe?) I did, however, get very polarized feedback from women. While there were many who wrote to...
by Liane Davey | Mar 4, 2015 | Be a better team leader, Feedback, How to fix teams, Right Words to Say
In my previous post, I talked about emotional reactions to issues at work; specifically, things that make people cry. In that post, I alluded to the idea that advanced warning of difficult messages gives time to process the issue, reduces the surprise factor, and...
by Liane Davey | Mar 1, 2015 | Be a better team leader, Be a better team member, Communication, Emotions, Personal Effectiveness, Right Words to Say
I’ve been writing this blog for quite a while. I’ve shared the things I see as an executive team advisor, and I’ve exposed (and tried to be authentic about) the issues that I personally struggle with as a team member. But there’s one topic I...
by Liane Davey | Feb 25, 2015 | About teams, Be a better team leader, Horror Stories
It’s a very difficult environment in which to establish and foster trust. That’s a problem because trust is one of the most important factors for building high performing teams. Trust supports open and effective communication, it makes you comfortable with...
