by Liane Davey | Sep 19, 2021 | Be a better team member, Communication, Contribute, Personal Effectiveness
Do you feel safe speaking up in your team? Can you voice an unpopular opinion without fear of your colleague’s rebuttal? Will you disagree with your boss knowing that they will value, or at least tolerate your divergent thinking? If you can say “yes” to those...
by Liane Davey | Sep 12, 2021 | Be a better team member, Communication, Connect, How to fix teams, Personal Effectiveness, Right Words to Say
Do you find yourself working on a team where you just don’t fit in? Or do you like your colleagues well enough but still not trust them for anything more than providing convivial coffee conversation in the cafe? Or is it worse than that? Maybe you have evidence that...
by Liane Davey | Aug 15, 2021 | Contribute, Personal Effectiveness
What do you do when you have work to do, but no mojo, motivation, or momentum to get started? Seriously, I’d love to know because I am not “feelin’ it” at the moment. I even toyed with a few justifications and rationalizations why I didn’t need to write a post this...
by Liane Davey | Jun 6, 2021 | Contribute, Exercises, How to fix teams, Personal Effectiveness, Right Words to Say
Do you believe in the adage, “less is more?” Would you love to have fewer priorities, a shorter to-do list, and more time to focus on the few activities that really make a difference? Then you’ll probably find new research published in Nature as interesting and...
by Liane Davey | May 30, 2021 | Be a better team member, Change, Connect, How to fix teams, Personal Effectiveness
So far this month, I’ve talked about flip-flopping bosses, toxic bullies, and overly sensitive colleagues. Those are just a few of the many difficult people you might have to deal with at work. But to this point, the one possibility we haven’t considered is that the...
by Liane Davey | May 21, 2021 | Personal Effectiveness, Video Library
Help your team to focus (video transcript) Some people think that the way to help employees manage a long list of priorities is to give them the entire list so that they have a line of sight on all their tasks, and then let them work it out for themselves. In...