by Liane Davey | Nov 7, 2021 | Be a better team member, Communication, Connect, Horror Stories
Watch the video accompaniment to this post here It seems there are few things we like more than a generational stereotype. Based on my time hanging around conferences and water coolers, I’ve realized we’re pretty comfy describing hundreds of millions of people with a...
by Liane Davey | Sep 26, 2021 | Be a better team member, Communication, Connect
Have you ever had to work with someone you don’t trust? And I don’t just mean work on the same team or see them at the coffee machine. I mean have you ever had to depend on someone you don’t trust to get your work done? Have you been on the hook for something that you...
by Liane Davey | Sep 12, 2021 | Be a better team member, Communication, Connect, How to fix teams, Personal Effectiveness, Right Words to Say
Do you find yourself working on a team where you just don’t fit in? Or do you like your colleagues well enough but still not trust them for anything more than providing convivial coffee conversation in the cafe? Or is it worse than that? Maybe you have evidence that...
by Liane Davey | May 30, 2021 | Be a better team member, Change, Connect, How to fix teams, Personal Effectiveness
So far this month, I’ve talked about flip-flopping bosses, toxic bullies, and overly sensitive colleagues. Those are just a few of the many difficult people you might have to deal with at work. But to this point, the one possibility we haven’t considered is that the...
by Liane Davey | Apr 18, 2021 | Be a better team member, Connect, Contribute, Strategy & Planning
This post is a part of Strategy Month—my 30-day LinkedIn series aimed at bringing strategy down from its lofty perch and providing the ideas, techniques, and tools to democratize strategy in your team or organization. The first week was Strategy Creation week, with...
by Liane Davey | Mar 21, 2021 | Connect, Team Effectiveness, Team Trust
I was giving a speech to the leaders of a large teaching hospital. We were talking about conflict and difficult relationships when one of the directors of an in-patient unit shared her frustration with one of the leaders from the emergency department. “She just calls...
