by Liane Davey | Jun 16, 2019 | Bad Leaders, Be a better team leader, Personal Effectiveness
In 2007, when Vince Molinaro, David Weiss and I were writing Leadership Solutions, we got the feedback that our manuscript needed to include a definition of leadership. At the time, I resisted that advice. Isn’t the definition of leadership obvious? Silly me. Twelve...
by Liane Davey | May 19, 2019 | Contribute, Exercises, Horror Stories, Personal Effectiveness
You’re worrying about too much at work, aren’t you? How do I know? Because the vast majority of people I meet are in the same boat. I see it in their eyes. I spot it in their reactions when they’re asked to take on even the most trivial new task. I feel their stress...
by Liane Davey | Dec 9, 2018 | Be a better team leader, Communication, Conflict, Feedback, Personal Effectiveness, Right Words to Say
One of the most precarious situations you can get in as a manager is when someone comes to you with feedback about one of your team members and asks you to pass the bad news along. If you make the wrong move here, you condone passive-aggressiveness, exacerbate...
by Liane Davey | Nov 18, 2018 | Be a better team member, Change, Communication, How to fix teams, Personal Effectiveness, Right Words to Say
I was talking about what to do when you are resisting a change that’s imposed on you. A woman in the audience put her hand up. She introduced herself and then asked, “What if I’m the change that people are resisting?” Wow! Another week, another powerful question from...
by Liane Davey | Nov 11, 2018 | Be a better team member, Connect, Exercises, Personal Effectiveness, Right Words to Say
“Now I have to work with people I don’t trust.” This was the statement of an audience member at a speech I was giving last week. We were talking about a major organizational change and he was sharing his experience of the new structure. It was immediately obvious that...
by Liane Davey | Nov 4, 2018 | Be a better team leader, Exercises, Personal Effectiveness
This is the third and final in my series on leading through change. I’m helping leaders in a large multinational organization cope with their reactions to a major transformation and I thought it would be valuable to share my advice with you. I started in the first...
