by Liane Davey | Jun 5, 2016 | About teams, Be a better team member, Contribute, Meetings
I’ve watched you do it. While you’re presenting your content at the meeting, you’re interested and engaged and you add so much value. I love your passion and your feisty defense of your plan. But then someone else takes the floor and in the blink of an eye you’re a...
by Liane Davey | Jun 5, 2016 | Meetings
Poster Add Value When You’re Not an Expert There are so many ways you can add value in your meeting. Some of them are more likely when you don’t have the subject matter expertise than when you do. Stop checking out. Stay engaged and add value for your teammates....
by Liane Davey | May 15, 2016 | About teams, Communication, Contribute, How to fix teams, Meetings
I was talking with someone this morning about the sorry state of meetings. We spend so much time in the weeds and waste a precious opportunity to have valuable conversations about stuff that really matters. We talked about a few things, but the one that left me fired...
by Liane Davey | May 4, 2016 | Be a better team leader, Communication, How to fix teams, Meetings, Right Words to Say
When working with senior executives, one of the most common requests I get is to help create “juicy conversations.” What they mean by “juicy” is deep, probing, uncomfortable, novel, productive conversations that go beyond the normal safe, boring talk that...