by Liane Davey | Jul 6, 2014 | About teams, Be a better team leader, How to fix teams, Meetings
One my favorite books is a healthy eating book called In Defense of Food, by Michael Pollan. It’s part nutrition guide and part history book on the evolution of industrial food production. The most compelling argument Pollan makes is that we are eating more and more...
by Liane Davey | Jun 29, 2014 | Bad Leaders, Be a better team leader, Be a better team member, Horror Stories
Insecure bosses. My friend and leadership expert Vince Molinaro describes them as leaders whose lack of self-confidence affects everything they do. As Vince says “They don’t trust others. They hire weak talent. They are the control freaks in our lives. They play mind...
by Liane Davey | Jun 25, 2014 | About teams, Be a better team leader, How to fix teams
I had six different conversations about diversity this week. Of all the methods I use to come up with content for this blog, I take the synchronicity rule most seriously—if six different people want help to think through the topic of diversity in one week, it’s time...
by Liane Davey | Jun 15, 2014 | Be a better team leader, Headline News, How to fix teams
Too many talented people on your team could actually hamper performance rather than improve it. This is the finding of new research due out in the journal Psychological Science. The findings come from studies of professional sports teams in the World Cup...
by Liane Davey | Jun 11, 2014 | Be a better team leader, Be a better team member, Communication, How to fix teams, Right Words to Say, Success Stories
“95% of the time, two smart people with the same goals and the same facts will come up with the same plan. So I tell my team to spend their time figuring out if they have the same goals and the same facts before arguing about what to do.” That’s a gem that came from a...
by Liane Davey | Jun 4, 2014 | Be a better team leader, Communication, How to fix teams
Many team leaders are inadvertently intimidating their team members. This is the conclusion of fascinating new research into the effects of power in teams. The research, conducted by Tost, Gino, and Larrick, (Academy of Management Journal) shows your expressions of...
