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...
by Liane Davey | May 16, 2021 | About teams, Bad Leaders, Horror Stories, How to fix teams, Personal Effectiveness, Right Words to Say, Team Effectiveness, Toxic Workplaces
The term “bullying” gets bandied about liberally in conversations about team dysfunction. For what it’s worth, I believe too liberally. How often do you hear someone claiming to be bullied? Bullying is an extremely serious, toxic dynamic that causes profound stress...
by Liane Davey | Apr 25, 2021 | Communication, Contribute, Personal Effectiveness, Right Words to Say, Strategy & Planning
This post is a part of Strategy Month—my 30-day LinkedIn series aimed at bringing strategy down from its lofty perch and providing the ideas, techniques, and tools to democratize strategy in your team or organization. So far, we’ve had Strategy Creation week, Strategy...
by Liane Davey | Mar 28, 2021 | Be a better team member, Communication, Personal Effectiveness
View the video transcript of this post here “Don’t interrupt.” It’s right up there with “don’t talk with your mouth open,” “don’t talk about sex, politics, or religion,” and “don’t overshare” in the pantheon of rules for polite conversation. But around here, we like...
