by Liane Davey | Feb 21, 2016 | About teams, Communication, Contribute, Meetings
There are almost infinite posts in the blogosphere about how to give better presentations. If you want good ones, try www.PublicWords.com by Dr. Nick Morgan. Today, I’m dedicating this space not to giving presentations but instead to receiving them. While I would give...
by Liane Davey | Feb 7, 2016 | About teams, Be a better team leader, Contribute, Horror Stories, How to fix teams
A couple of weeks ago, I did a feature on how teams are sinking into the weeds. In that post, I talked about the nature of effective team conversations and the dimensions on which those conversations start to lose value. Now, I’ve turned that post into a handy-dandy...
by Liane Davey | Jan 31, 2016 | About teams, Be a better team member, Contribute, Exercises, How to fix teams, Right Words to Say
I recently debuted a new speech about building high performance teams. My ideas about how to build a high performance team (and whether teams even have the courage that high performance requires) are getting crisper…and edgier. I’ll share some of those ideas on the...
by Liane Davey | Jan 27, 2016 | Be a better team leader, Contribute, How to fix teams, Right Words to Say
I’m constantly pushing leadership teams to get out of the weeds and to add value at an appropriate level. (See my previous post for how to tell if you’re in the weeds.) They are continually pushing back with a collection of excuses for why it’s not possible. Paramount...
by Liane Davey | Jan 24, 2016 | About teams, Bad Leaders, Contribute, Horror Stories
Many of the leadership teams I work with are perpetually stuck in the weeds. They add value about 3 layers below where they should be. This yields two atrocious outcomes. First, while you’re trapped in the weeds, no one is paying attention to the opportunities and...
by Liane Davey | Jan 6, 2016 | Announcements, Be a better team member, Contribute
This is the final post in a short series explaining why my new firm is called 3COze (rhymes with “she goes”). The name links directly to our mission statement: “we will radically transform the way people communicate, connect, and contribute so they can achieve amazing...
