by Liane Davey | Oct 23, 2016 | Bad Leaders, Be a better team leader, Horror Stories, How to fix teams, Strategy & Planning
In my last post, I was ranting about the number of people who like to think of themselves as leaders but who are just glorified (and overpaid) individual contributors. I started to describe the activities that leaders at any level need to do to get their team on the...
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 12, 2016 | Conflict, Horror Stories, Personal Effectiveness
“If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all.” Words many of us heard from the time we were very young. If your family lived by this rule, you might still struggle to share constructive feedback or to raise uncomfortable issues. If, on the other hand,...
by Liane Davey | Oct 2, 2016 | Be a better team member, Communication, Conflict, Horror Stories, How to fix teams, Right Words to Say
I spent some time with a team last week that was really suffering because of several months of unhealthy conflict. Relations had deteriorated to the point that team members were feeling disrespected by one another. There was a lot of anger in the room and they needed...
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 | Jun 22, 2016 | About teams, Horror Stories, How to fix teams
I got all excited in my last post about the shady dealings that plague team’s efforts to manage talent effectively; hiding, protecting, hoarding, and stealing good people. As I was writing, I realized that many of these poor talent practices are supported by...
