by Liane Davey | Sep 10, 2014 | Be a better team leader, Communication, How to fix teams, Meetings, Right Words to Say
In my previous post, I gave you some tips on how to start a meeting to set it up for success. Today, it’s the other bookend—how to end a meeting to capture the value that was created. Take a look at the Right Words to Say video here: Click here to view the video on...
by Liane Davey | Sep 8, 2014 | Meetings, Video Library
How to start a meeting effectively (video transcript) Meetings. Those time wasters that choke up your calendar and push real work to evenings and weekends. Those opportunities to hear people ramble on to justify their paycheck, or just hear the sweet sound of...
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 | 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 | Jan 20, 2013 | How to fix teams, Meetings, Right Words to Say
I hear no shortage of complaints about meetings. Sometimes I hear them from people who just mindlessly move from one meeting to another requiring them to move their individual job tasks to after hours and on weekends. Other times I listen to the edicts from senior...
