by Liane Davey | Jan 26, 2020 | Bad Leaders, Be a better team leader, Personal Effectiveness
I’m going to give you the benefit of the doubt. I bet you’re a good person. I suspect you try to be a decent teammate, boss, or colleague. Here’s the problem: sometimes it doesn’t matter what you mean to be, or what you intend to do. Sometimes...
by Liane Davey | Dec 15, 2019 | Be a better team leader, Contribute, How to fix teams, Strategy & Planning
In my work as a strategy consultant, I get to work with a lot of teams during their decision-making processes. I’m continually surprised by how murky the process can be, particularly when it comes to delineating between the times when conflict, tension, and diversity...
by Liane Davey | Nov 3, 2019 | Be a better team leader, Communication, Contribute, Right Words to Say, Strategy & Planning
Does your organization have too many lists? I’ll bet that you’ve got lists of strategies, list of accountabilities, lists of values, competencies, priorities, goals. Yikes, with that many lists, it’s a lot to ask for employees to even remember what’s on the list, let...
by Liane Davey | Oct 20, 2019 | Be a better team leader, Contribute, Horror Stories, Meetings, Right Words to Say
Another week, another great question from an audience member. This time, “What do I do if a colleague from another department keeps skipping the meetings I schedule and then complains about the decisions later?” Add this behavior to the list of the most annoying...
by Liane Davey | Sep 22, 2019 | Be a better team leader, Communication, Strategy & Planning
“We have too many meetings and getting to a decision takes too long.” Seldom does a week go by without me hearing these complaints. Yet, when I dig into the root causes of those delays, many of them are self-inflicted by decision makers who empower stakeholders where...
by Liane Davey | Sep 8, 2019 | Be a better team leader, Conflict, Contribute, How to fix teams, Right Words to Say, Strategy & Planning
I am an optimist. Actually, I’m even further out the continuum—I’m a dreamer, a believer, a blue skyer. Teams benefit from a healthy dose of optimism, but let’s face it, optimism can be vacuous. What a great team needs is a few skeptics. You just have to be careful...
