by Liane Davey | Feb 18, 2015 | Bad Leaders, Be a better team leader, Be a better team member, Horror Stories, Right Words to Say
Good news leaders. My friend and leadership expert Vince Molinaro describes them as leaders who “prefer spin to reality.” They choose to “be in a state of delusion, rather than confronting what’s really going on.” If you present bad news to a good news leader, you get...
by Liane Davey | Feb 11, 2015 | Bad Leaders, Be a better team leader, Horror Stories, How to fix teams
I sat in my boss’ office (in a past life) for the fourth consecutive monthly one-on-one where we didn’t talk about me, but instead talked exclusively about the poor performer on the team. To say I was getting bitter would be an understatement. I was young and...
by Liane Davey | Feb 8, 2015 | Be a better team leader, Communication, Horror Stories, Personal Effectiveness
I was having lunch with a friend this week and talking about raising kids. My friend said something that really stuck with me. She said she could already see the fears and anxieties she had passed on to her kids: evidence of her own insecurities reflected in...
by Liane Davey | Feb 4, 2015 | Bad Leaders, Be a better team leader, How to fix teams
In my previous post, I shared a big mistake that team leaders make by undervaluing recognition as a form of reward. You can read it here. That got me thinking that in 20 years of consulting there are a few mistakes I’ve seen team leaders make way too often....
by Liane Davey | Feb 1, 2015 | Be a better team leader
Sixteen years ago, when I was a little baby consultant, I learned one of the most valuable lessons I ever learned about being a manager. I was facilitating focus groups of employees in a large retailer. The sessions followed an employee survey and the purpose...
by Liane Davey | Jan 28, 2015 | Be a better team leader, Be a better team member, Communication, Conflict, Emotions, How to fix teams, Right Words to Say
In my previous post, I focused on the importance of factoring in the emotional aspects of an issue when your team is struggling or experiencing conflict. If you didn’t read that post, start there first. Once you are convinced that emotions are data to be understood...
