by Liane Davey | Feb 10, 2019 | Be a better team leader, Conflict, Exercises, How to fix teams
If you’re trying to foster a culture of productive conflict in your team, be careful that your language doesn’t let them off the hook. Getting your team members to stick a toe in the water of dissention, challenge, and disagreement is a big ask. If your language makes...
by Liane Davey | Feb 3, 2019 | About teams, Be a better team leader, Communication, Exercises, How to fix teams, Right Words to Say
You’d be surprised how many trust issues on teams aren’t actually trust issues. Well, that’s not totally fair. They’ve become trust issues, but they didn’t start with team members backstabbing, demonstrating incompetence, or failing to deliver. A significant...
by Liane Davey | Jan 27, 2019 | About teams, Be a better team leader, Be a better team member, Contribute, Strategy & Planning
I was working with a CEO and his team last week. They’re a great team with incredible accomplishments under their belt. Of course, they are the kind of team that is never satisfied and always looking for the next opportunity to add more value for customers, be more...
by Liane Davey | Jan 20, 2019 | Be a better team leader, Communication, Right Words to Say, Strategy & Planning
I hear clients talking about “failing” all the time. The only problem is that whether they’re telling you that failing is a good or a terrible thing depends who you’re talking to. On the one hand, leaders are trumpeting the need to fail fast, while on the other,...
by Liane Davey | Dec 9, 2018 | Be a better team leader, Communication, Conflict, Feedback, Personal Effectiveness, Right Words to Say
One of the most precarious situations you can get in as a manager is when someone comes to you with feedback about one of your team members and asks you to pass the bad news along. If you make the wrong move here, you condone passive-aggressiveness, exacerbate...
by Liane Davey | Nov 4, 2018 | Be a better team leader, Exercises, Personal Effectiveness
This is the third and final in my series on leading through change. I’m helping leaders in a large multinational organization cope with their reactions to a major transformation and I thought it would be valuable to share my advice with you. I started in the first...
