by Liane Davey | Feb 2, 2020 | Be a better team member, Change, Personal Effectiveness
Are there places in your life where you’re doing 80% crap and only 20% good stuff? How might you flip those percentages around so that you could get more of what you want and less of what you don’t? More of what you need and less of what you could do without? That’s...
by Liane Davey | Jan 12, 2020 | Be a better team member, Conflict, Contribute, Right Words to Say
Ever since we worked with leaders at Amazon a couple of years ago, Craig and I have shared their leadership principle, “disagree and commit” with all of our clients. It’s one of the most succinct descriptions of productive team conflict you can find. The disagree...
by Liane Davey | Dec 1, 2019 | About teams, Be a better team member, Change, Personal Effectiveness
As the days were getting shorter and the temperatures getting colder, I wanted to try something different to be in touch with you more often and to bring you some short and sweet tips that could help us all be happier, healthier, and more productive. The result was...
by Liane Davey | Oct 13, 2019 | About teams, Be a better team member, Communication, Conflict, Horror Stories, Right Words to Say
Each time I give a keynote about my book, The Good Fight, I’m amazed at how open audiences are to my message about the importance of productive conflict. The best part of giving the speech for me is hearing the wonderful questions people ask as they wrestle with...
by Liane Davey | Oct 6, 2019 | About teams, Be a better team member, Communication, Conflict, Contribute, How to fix teams, Right Words to Say
Do you appreciate your colleagues’ superpowers? Can you even spot them? It’s easy to get so wrapped up in your own perspective that you fail to recognize that great organizations are more like the Avengers than old school, single hero Superman. Today, I’d love you to...
by Liane Davey | Jun 30, 2019 | About teams, Be a better team leader, Be a better team member, Contribute, How to fix teams
As a team advisor, I often hear clients refer to their “first team.” It’s an expression coined by Patrick Lencioni in his books The Five Dysfunctions of a Team and The Advantage. It gets considerable attention in team effectiveness discussions. Since I first heard the...
