by Liane Davey | Jun 5, 2016 | About teams, Be a better team member, Contribute, Meetings
I’ve watched you do it. While you’re presenting your content at the meeting, you’re interested and engaged and you add so much value. I love your passion and your feisty defense of your plan. But then someone else takes the floor and in the blink of an eye you’re a...
by Liane Davey | Jun 1, 2016 | About teams, Be a better team member, Right Words to Say
A change in team leadership can be highly disruptive. I’m on post three of a three-part series on succession and its impact on teams. I started with what to do (and not do) if you’ve decided to vie for your boss’ job. Next, I spoke about the impact of the succession...
by Liane Davey | May 11, 2016 | Be a better team member, Communication
I was treated to such a nice Mothers’ Day this year. While enjoying my breakfast in bed, I watched a really interesting documentary on the English castle at Dover. (This was the trifecta for me: documentary, about anything British, with ties to World War II history!)...
by Liane Davey | Apr 24, 2016 | Be a better team member, Horror Stories
Over breakfast this morning, Craig shared a story of a really annoying teammate behavior. I agreed wholeheartedly, “phew, that IS annoying!” and then pitched in with another super-duper annoying thing people do. The second begat a third, and the third a fourth, and...
by Liane Davey | Apr 13, 2016 | Be a better team member, Contribute, Exercises, Personal Effectiveness
We’re helping a group of senior leaders prepare to cascade their corporate business strategy down into their departments. I’m putting the materials together and thought I would take a moment to share the ideas with you. I can’t cover a half-day workshop in one post,...
by Liane Davey | Mar 6, 2016 | About teams, Be a better team member, How to fix teams
It’s one of those days where I didn’t have an idea of what to write about so I started Googling random things. Just for fun, I keyed in “secret of effective teamwork.” I read a bunch of articles before my inner voice starting yelling: THERE IS NO SECRET OF EFFECTIVE...
