by Liane Davey | Mar 8, 2015 | Bad Leaders, Be a better team leader, Be a better team member, Communication, Conflict, Emotions, Horror Stories, How to fix teams
Last week I wrote a post about crying at work. Interestingly (but maybe not surprisingly), I didn’t get much feedback from men. (Too radioactive to weigh in, maybe?) I did, however, get very polarized feedback from women. While there were many who wrote to...
by Liane Davey | Mar 1, 2015 | Be a better team leader, Be a better team member, Communication, Emotions, Personal Effectiveness, Right Words to Say
I’ve been writing this blog for quite a while. I’ve shared the things I see as an executive team advisor, and I’ve exposed (and tried to be authentic about) the issues that I personally struggle with as a team member. But there’s one topic I...
by Liane Davey | Jan 28, 2015 | Be a better team leader, Be a better team member, Communication, Conflict, Emotions, How to fix teams, Right Words to Say
In my previous post, I focused on the importance of factoring in the emotional aspects of an issue when your team is struggling or experiencing conflict. If you didn’t read that post, start there first. Once you are convinced that emotions are data to be understood...
by Liane Davey | Jan 25, 2015 | About teams, Be a better team leader, Be a better team member, Communication, Conflict, Emotions, How to fix teams
“Come on Liane…executives don’t talk about emotions around the boardroom table!” asserted an incredulous member of a team I was working with recently. We were in the midst of a very uncomfortable and intense conversation about an issue that had been surfacing...
by Liane Davey | Nov 3, 2012 | Be a better team member, Emotions
Your teammates will show they care about you in very different ways—be open to all of them. In my last post, I talked about the challenge of understanding a team member whose idea of respect is diametrically opposed to yours. Today, another common source of friction:...
