by Liane Davey | Sep 24, 2017 | Connect, Horror Stories, Meetings, Personal Effectiveness
In my previous post, I reacted to an editorial in the Guardian by Simon Jenkins, who came to the conclusion that meetings are killing people and destroying organizations. His article failed to consider all the good reasons why you go to meetings, so I decided to...
by Liane Davey | Sep 17, 2017 | Connect, Contribute, Meetings
I read an editorial by Simon Jenkins in the Guardian this morning about meetings crushing morale and killing productivity. Jenkins’ list of the perils of meetings touches the personal (meetings slow metabolism, lead to diabetes and cancer, and eventually kill you) and...
by Liane Davey | Nov 22, 2016 | Be a better team leader, Be a better team member, Communication, Connect, Personal Effectiveness
What percentage of the information you share daily is delivered as one-way messages that you transmit without checking how the message lands? I asked this of an audience recently and most of the people in the room answered 80 percent or higher. How would you answer?...
by Liane Davey | Sep 21, 2016 | Communication, Connect, Personal Effectiveness, Uncategorized
Great communication creates a strong connection between you and your audience. Unfortunately, if you’re self-conscious, ill prepared, or wedded to business school formality, you’re probably creating unnecessary distance that’s diluting the impact of your messages....
by Liane Davey | Jul 17, 2016 | Be a better team member, Communication, Connect, Feedback, Personal Effectiveness
I have a new speech that I’m working on called “The New Nice.” It’s the culmination of all my work on increasing productive conflict and getting comfortable being uncomfortable. One of the topics in the speech is how to give feedback. At a recent keynote, I was...
by Liane Davey | May 8, 2016 | Be a better team leader, Connect, Emotions, Right Words to Say
How many times have you heard someone say, “let’s just take the emotions out of this discussion?” It’s one of my favorite lines I hear in team effectiveness sessions. And when I say “favorite,” I mean, forehead slapping, groan-inducing, “this is going to be a long...
