by Liane Davey | Mar 4, 2018 | Bad Leaders, Connect, Horror Stories
In last week’s post, I talked about the risk of creating a “success theater” in your organization. The term had come from a Wall Street Journal article about General Electric and their culture of sharing only good news. This topic continued top of mind for me and I...
by Liane Davey | Feb 25, 2018 | About teams, Be a better team leader, Headline News, Horror Stories, Strategy & Planning
I read an excellent article in the Wall Street Journal this week entitled “How Jeffrey Immelt’s ‘Success Theater’ Masked the Rot at GE.” In it, authors Thomas Gryta, Joann Lublin, and David Benoit describe how the Immelt and his top leaders, “projected an optimism...
by Liane Davey | Feb 11, 2018 | About teams, Conflict, Horror Stories, Strategy & Planning
I’m deep into writing my new book and I’ve had an epiphany: Organizations are built to require conflict while employees are built to avoid it. I see this impact of this problem every day, but it took me 20 years to name it. Now it’s so clear. We have set up a...
by Liane Davey | Nov 26, 2017 | About teams, Conflict, Horror Stories, How to fix teams
In my previous post, I shared with you the idea of “conflict debt,” where we avoid the uncomfortable conversations that are desperately needed for the health of our organizations, our teams, and ourselves. When we avoid these prickly situations, we rack up conflict...
by Liane Davey | Nov 12, 2017 | About teams, Be a better team leader, Be a better team member, Contribute, Horror Stories, How to fix teams
I’m working on a new keynote speech and a new book. To accelerate the process, I enrolled in a 4-session, 16-day public speaking program to hone the big idea, write a compelling speech, and learn how to deliver the speech in a way that will knock your socks off. The...
by Liane Davey | Oct 15, 2017 | Bad Leaders, Be a better team member, Horror Stories, How to fix teams
I wrote an article for Quartz last week on the Harvey Weinstein case. In it, I talked about the need to change our perspective about acting on office rumors, particularly when rumors might be the only protection against an abusive predator in the office. The article...
