by Liane Davey | Nov 6, 2016 | Be a better team member, Contribute, Exercises, Personal Effectiveness
I stumbled upon an old post I had written for Psychology Today and decided to resurrect and refresh it for the blog. It’s about being inspired in the month of November to say “no” to more things. In the time since I first wrote the post, my concern about people saying...
by Liane Davey | Oct 5, 2016 | About teams, Be a better team leader, Be a better team member, Conflict, How to fix teams
I’m toying around with writing another book; a thought that creates simultaneous excitement and terror. Given that it’s been three years since You First came out, I thought I better ramp up slowly. I’m going to write a few posts that capture some of the ideas I might...
by Liane Davey | Oct 2, 2016 | Be a better team member, Communication, Conflict, Horror Stories, How to fix teams, Right Words to Say
I spent some time with a team last week that was really suffering because of several months of unhealthy conflict. Relations had deteriorated to the point that team members were feeling disrespected by one another. There was a lot of anger in the room and they needed...
by Liane Davey | Sep 28, 2016 | Be a better team member, Communication, Contribute, Horror Stories, Personal Effectiveness, Right Words to Say
Imagine that you need additional resources to finish your project on time. Or you’re lobbying to get your choice in a procurement process. Or you want the design of a new product to go a certain way. You need to influence the outcome of a decision and you think to...
by Liane Davey | Sep 25, 2016 | Be a better team leader, Be a better team member, Communication, Feedback, Personal Effectiveness
I love the questions I get at the end of a keynote. This week I got a couple of really good ones. The first was, “How do I handle it when someone asks for feedback and then responds poorly when I provide it?” The best answer starts long before you have someone yelling...
by Liane Davey | Sep 11, 2016 | Be a better team member, Contribute
I’m back. After four wonderful weeks of vacation with my family, I’m back at home (well actually, I wrote this on the plane en route to my first speech of the season) and back to work. I’m definitely a little foggy, but I think as soon as I get ramped up again, I’ll...
