by Liane Davey | Sep 20, 2015 | Be a better team leader, Be a better team member, Horror Stories, How to fix teams
“We’re lost, but we’re making good time.” This is my new favorite quote. A client shared it with me last week. She used it to describe the feeling in the room as the executive team that she is a part of raced to come up with a solution without being aligned on...
by Liane Davey | Sep 16, 2015 | Be a better team leader, Be a better team member, How to fix teams, Stress Management
Stress…a concept we’re all familiar with these days. Recent studies suggest that 50% of office workers are experiencing significant stress at work. That’s what caused me to write last week’s post on the tsunami of stress. But is all stress bad? Is there...
by Liane Davey | Aug 19, 2015 | Be a better team member, Horror Stories, How to fix teams
“We could get rid of 20% of our employees and it would have little meaningful impact on our output.” That was the assertion of a leader I was working with. He runs a sizeable organization, so 20% represented thousands of people. Was he really saying that his...
by Liane Davey | Jun 14, 2015 | Be a better team member, Conflict, Horror Stories, How to fix teams, Right Words to Say
During the question and answer section of a speech I gave last week, someone posed a question that I think is top of mind for many people: if two of my teammates are fighting, should I get involved? How would you answer? Do you subscribe to the “none of my...
by Liane Davey | Jun 7, 2015 | Be a better team member, How to fix teams, Personal Effectiveness, Right Words to Say
A while back, I wrote a post on LinkedIn asking whether the women on teams are leaning in. Read it here. I got one comment with a bit of a “blame the victim” message. I didn’t write to women to blame them, I wrote to women because I feel passionately about...
by Liane Davey | May 31, 2015 | Bad Leaders, Be a better team leader, Communication, How to fix teams, Meetings, Right Words to Say
I was preparing to facilitate a day-long meeting for a new team leader. He had just joined the organization and was pulling together the team of direct reports he had inherited. As we discussed his objectives for the day, he mentioned that what he really...
