by Liane Davey | Jul 12, 2015 | Meetings
“Use your words.” It’s a line you probably heard as a child when you were getting agitated but not articulating what was wrong. Your parents taught you that expressing your frustration in words gives you a shot at making things better. Fast forward to adulthood and...
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...
by Liane Davey | May 13, 2015 | Communication, Exercises, How to fix teams, Meetings
Try this at your next team meeting. Rather than having a standard conversation about ground rules, try using this question instead. What could you do (or not do) today that would make you really proud of yourself? I was working with a team recently: a leadership team...
by Liane Davey | Feb 15, 2015 | About teams, Be a better team member, Communication, Exercises, How to fix teams, Meetings, Right Words to Say
How often do you meet with your team without actually communicating with them? For one team I worked with recently, that kind of meeting was commonplace. Now they were offsite with an opportunity to dig deeply into some of the most pressing questions facing the team....
by Liane Davey | Nov 9, 2014 | Be a better team leader, Exercises, How to fix teams, Meetings
Inefficient Meetings Do your meetings go off on tangents so that two hours later you’ve covered a wide swath of territory but made no progress? Do you find yourself at cross purposes with teammates getting frustrated that you can’t seem to figure out why you’re...
by Liane Davey | Sep 11, 2014 | Meetings, Video Library
How to end a meeting effectively (video transcript) You’ve just spent the better part of an hour in a really good meeting. There’s been healthy debate, a ton of new ideas, and real openness around the table. But breaking up the meeting at that point...
