by Liane Davey | Dec 8, 2019 | Conflict, Video Library
How to avoid conflicts with your team (video transcript) So do I have a story for you. We have got to stop talking about how team players have to pull in the same direction. This is not the picture you were expecting, is it? Many years ago now, our little...
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 | Sep 8, 2019 | Be a better team leader, Conflict, Contribute, How to fix teams, Right Words to Say, Strategy & Planning
I am an optimist. Actually, I’m even further out the continuum—I’m a dreamer, a believer, a blue skyer. Teams benefit from a healthy dose of optimism, but let’s face it, optimism can be vacuous. What a great team needs is a few skeptics. You just have to be careful...
by Liane Davey | Jul 8, 2019 | Communication, Conflict, Right Words to Say
I teach strategies for productive conflict. I get specific and provide the right words to use because I know that having the actual words at hand is what makes the difference between thinking about saying something important but uncomfortable and actually saying it....
