by Liane Davey | Nov 18, 2013 | Be a better team member, Interviews, Personal Effectiveness
This week I am sharing some of the insights and inspirations from my interview with Olympic Gold Medal winners Mark Tewksbury and Debbie Muir. Debbie, Mark, and I will be among the speakers at the upcoming XL Leadership Summit this February in Vancouver. We decided...
by Liane Davey | Nov 17, 2013 | Be a better team member, Interviews, Personal Effectiveness
This week I am sharing some of the insights and inspirations from my interview with Olympic Gold Medal winners Mark Tewksbury and Debbie Muir. Debbie, Mark, and I will be among the speakers at the upcoming XL Leadership Summit this February in Vancouver. We decided...
by Liane Davey | Nov 10, 2013 | Be a better team member, Communication, Right Words to Say
Why did you do it that way? Why did you talk to her before talking to me? Why did you promise the customer that we would get it to them? Why didn’t you do a better job? Why is your nose so big? Why? Why? Why? Annoyed yet? And I’m not even your teammate…or worse,...
by Liane Davey | Nov 6, 2013 | Be a better team member, Communication, Right Words to Say
I was in an interesting conversation with a team today. They were talking about their boss and how he might handle a certain situation. Someone said “I would be really disappointed if he did x.” I couldn’t help but ask whether the team was going to wait for...
by Liane Davey | Nov 3, 2013 | Be a better team member, Personal Effectiveness
This week, I attended the International Leadership Association conference. I was tired from too much travel and sick with a bad cold. I didn’t know another soul at the conference, and my first thought was that I would just do my talk and then go back to my room to...
by Liane Davey | Oct 28, 2013 | Be a better team leader, Be a better team member, Communication, How to fix teams
How well do you really listen? Listening is one of those skills that you might think is easy. In reality, creating a high fidelity connection is difficult in a one-on-one conversation and darned near impossible in the ruckus of a team meeting. These continual poor...