by Liane Davey | Sep 17, 2017 | Connect, Contribute, Meetings
I read an editorial by Simon Jenkins in the Guardian this morning about meetings crushing morale and killing productivity. Jenkins’ list of the perils of meetings touches the personal (meetings slow metabolism, lead to diabetes and cancer, and eventually kill you) and...
by Liane Davey | Jun 4, 2017 | Be a better team leader, Communication, Contribute, Meetings, Right Words to Say
When I’m preparing to facilitate a session, I always conduct individual interviews with the members of the team I’ll be working with. The last question I ask is, “what advice would you give me?” The most common response is, “get the quiet people to participate.” This...
by Liane Davey | Nov 9, 2016 | Be a better team member, How to fix teams, Meetings
This weekend, I facilitated a workshop about change and transformation with a large group of leaders. Once we finished talking about the perilous task of transforming an organization, we started talking about the importance of leaders investing in their own...
by Liane Davey | Sep 18, 2016 | Be a better team leader, Communication, Contribute, Meetings
In my last post, I shared my response to an audience member who asked how to reduce the impact of the person on her team who needs to talk everything out. You can read that post here. As I was writing, I realized that the opposite is a problem worth discussing too....
by Liane Davey | Sep 14, 2016 | Be a better team leader, Communication, Meetings
“I’m trying to chair efficient meetings, but I have someone on my team who always needs to talk it out before coming to a decision. How can I reduce the amount of time he takes up in our meetings?” This was a great question I was asked after delivering a speech about...
