by Liane Davey | Apr 23, 2014 | Bad Leaders, Be a better team member, Horror Stories, Right Words to Say
Childish leaders. My friend and leadership expert Vince Molinaro describes them as infantile, immature people who happen to wear suits and sit in corner offices. As Vince says “They have the emotional maturity of a two-year-old, so when they don’t get their way they...
by Liane Davey | Apr 20, 2014 | Be a better team member, Communication, How to fix teams, Personal Effectiveness, Right Words to Say
The 3COze process helps team members understand their styles and needs and the impact they have on team dynamics. We use the Birkman Method® as our tool in this process. This is the fourth in a monthly series where I’ll help you look in the mirror using some of the...
by Liane Davey | Apr 16, 2014 | Be a better team leader, Be a better team member, How to fix teams
It’s been a long, fantastic, exhausting day. I am sitting down to write and the ideas aren’t flowing so I asked my 8 year old daughter what she thought I should write about. She said “you need to write about how to start a good team.” That seemed like a pretty good...
by Liane Davey | Apr 14, 2014 | Be a better team member, Horror Stories, Personal Effectiveness, Right Words to Say
One of the most difficult and demoralizing workplace situations to endure is when someone criticizes you in front of your whole team. Each of us responds slightly differently to that situation: how you react will depend on your self-confidence, your physical state at...
by Liane Davey | Apr 9, 2014 | Be a better team leader, Be a better team member, How to fix teams, Personal Effectiveness, Right Words to Say
At the recent XL Leadership Summit, I was asked by an audience member for help with a situation that had been causing some tension on his team. He has a team of 5 people where one member is frequently prolonging decisions. In his words she wants to “discuss...
by Liane Davey | Apr 6, 2014 | Be a better team leader, Be a better team member, How to fix teams
I spent a day last week with a team that has made great progress in their trust and respect for one another—so much so that team members have engaged in the proverbial “ditch to ditch” overcorrection by going from everyone being in everyone else’s business to now...
