by Liane Davey | Oct 19, 2016 | Bad Leaders, Be a better team leader, Contribute, Horror Stories
Somehow, we’ve ended up with very few leaders in our organizations and a whole heck of a lot of very highly paid individual contributors. I’m getting pretty frustrated by this. I know immediately that it’s a problem in an organization when the CEO starts talking about...
by Liane Davey | Oct 16, 2016 | Be a better team leader, Communication, Contribute, Right Words to Say
Leaders often choose the wrong issues to get involved in. They meddle in activities that can and should be addressed by their subordinates while neglecting decisions that only they can make. Many leaders are consumed by the minutiae and out of touch with the...
by Liane Davey | Oct 9, 2016 | About teams, Be a better team leader, Contribute, How to fix teams, Strategy & Planning
I was listening while a group of executives spoke about how to make their organization more agile. What was interesting, was that most of their comments referred to the speed they needed to move, rather than to their agility. I think it’s important to understand the...
by Liane Davey | Sep 28, 2016 | Be a better team member, Communication, Contribute, Horror Stories, Personal Effectiveness, Right Words to Say
Imagine that you need additional resources to finish your project on time. Or you’re lobbying to get your choice in a procurement process. Or you want the design of a new product to go a certain way. You need to influence the outcome of a decision and you think to...
by Liane Davey | Sep 18, 2016 | Be a better team leader, Communication, Contribute, Meetings
In my last post, I shared my response to an audience member who asked how to reduce the impact of the person on her team who needs to talk everything out. You can read that post here. As I was writing, I realized that the opposite is a problem worth discussing too....
by Liane Davey | Sep 11, 2016 | Be a better team member, Contribute
I’m back. After four wonderful weeks of vacation with my family, I’m back at home (well actually, I wrote this on the plane en route to my first speech of the season) and back to work. I’m definitely a little foggy, but I think as soon as I get ramped up again, I’ll...
