by Liane Davey | Mar 8, 2020 | Be a better team leader, Book Reviews, Personal Effectiveness
If you could get better at one skill that would make you a more effective leader, what would it be? If you’re like most of the leaders I meet, it would be coaching. If you could spend less time telling people what to do and more time training them how to think, your...
by Liane Davey | Mar 1, 2020 | Horror Stories, Personal Effectiveness, Success Stories, Uncategorized
Ladies and gentlemen, we need to talk. Gentlemen, hold on for just one second… Ladies, have you ever been accused of being hard to relate to? Does your intelligence, your confidence, your tenacity, or your resilience turn people off? Answer honestly… there’s nobody...
by Liane Davey | Feb 23, 2020 | About teams, Be a better team member, Communication, Conflict, How to fix teams, Hybrid Work, Personal Effectiveness, Team Effectiveness, Virtual Teams
Do you have virtual teammates? Well, not virtual humans (at least not yet), but real people who work with you in a virtual office rather than a physical one? Working remotely from your colleagues adds some challenges. You don’t have the benefit of face-to-face...
by Liane Davey | Feb 9, 2020 | Be a better team member, Personal Effectiveness, Right Words to Say
“I’m just trying to be nice.” “I can’t say that, it’s not nice.” “If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all.” “She’s not very nice.” I know you’re a nice person, but is nice the standard you hold yourself to? Are politeness, civility, and courtesy your...
by Liane Davey | Feb 2, 2020 | Be a better team member, Change, Personal Effectiveness
Are there places in your life where you’re doing 80% crap and only 20% good stuff? How might you flip those percentages around so that you could get more of what you want and less of what you don’t? More of what you need and less of what you could do without? That’s...
by Liane Davey | Jan 26, 2020 | Bad Leaders, Be a better team leader, Personal Effectiveness
I’m going to give you the benefit of the doubt. I bet you’re a good person. I suspect you try to be a decent teammate, boss, or colleague. Here’s the problem: sometimes it doesn’t matter what you mean to be, or what you intend to do. Sometimes...
