by Liane Davey | Sep 7, 2014 | Be a better team leader, Communication, How to fix teams, Meetings, Right Words to Say
It’s been a while since I posted a new Right Words to Say video, but I’m back with a few new answers to questions sent in by members of the Change Your Team Community. In this post, I answer a question that will be of use to anyone who ever has to chair a meeting....
by Liane Davey | Sep 3, 2014 | Be a better team leader, How to fix teams, Right Words to Say
Just the thought of disagreeing with your boss might make your heart race and your palms sweat. You imagine how things could play out and every daydreamed scenario ends with proof that disagreeing was a career limiting move. The result is that you keep quiet on...
by Liane Davey | Jul 16, 2014 | About teams, Be a better team leader, Horror Stories, How to fix teams, Success Stories
The “busy” epidemic has received significant attention and much has been written about how to prioritize to keep one’s workload at a manageable level. In my book, You First: Inspire Your Team to Grow Up, Get Along, and Get Stuff Done, I even included a chapter...
by Liane Davey | Jul 9, 2014 | Be a better team leader, Be a better team member, Communication, How to fix teams, Meetings
In my previous post, I drew a parallel between our society’s consumption of empty calories and the prevalence of useless meetings. You can read that post here. The idea is that when you have good meetings, ones with productive debate and decision making, you don’t...
by Liane Davey | Jul 6, 2014 | About teams, Be a better team leader, How to fix teams, Meetings
One my favorite books is a healthy eating book called In Defense of Food, by Michael Pollan. It’s part nutrition guide and part history book on the evolution of industrial food production. The most compelling argument Pollan makes is that we are eating more and more...
by Liane Davey | Jun 25, 2014 | About teams, Be a better team leader, How to fix teams
I had six different conversations about diversity this week. Of all the methods I use to come up with content for this blog, I take the synchronicity rule most seriously—if six different people want help to think through the topic of diversity in one week, it’s time...
