by Liane Davey | Jan 14, 2018 | Bad Leaders, Be a better team member, Conflict, Personal Effectiveness, Right Words to Say
This is the last of a series of posts exploring the causes and impact of our profound conflict aversion. I’m exploring how the things we were told as children, taught us that conflict was bad. “If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all,” or “Mind your...
by Liane Davey | Dec 17, 2017 | Conflict, Emotions, Personal Effectiveness
I’m in the midst of a series of posts exploring our profound conflict aversion and its toll on businesses, teams, and individuals. In previous posts, I shared a couple of the things we’re taught as children that give rise to our conflict aversion: “If you can’t say...
by Liane Davey | Sep 24, 2017 | Connect, Horror Stories, Meetings, Personal Effectiveness
In my previous post, I reacted to an editorial in the Guardian by Simon Jenkins, who came to the conclusion that meetings are killing people and destroying organizations. His article failed to consider all the good reasons why you go to meetings, so I decided to...
by Liane Davey | Sep 10, 2017 | Be a better team member, Contribute, Personal Effectiveness
This week, I got to participate in a back to school activity that I haven’t done in 28 years: university orientation week. I was asked to speak to the 1,110 first year arts students at my alma mater. I thought a lot about what I wanted to tell them. [I’d love for you...
by Liane Davey | Jun 25, 2017 | Be a better team leader, Contribute, Personal Effectiveness
It’s the time of year where I ask people about their summer vacation plans. It’s amazing how many aren’t even going to take a full week off. There are many excuses about “We’re in the middle of an important change initiative,” or “Maybe it will be calmer in the fall,”...
by Liane Davey | Jun 11, 2017 | Be a better team member, Communication, Contribute, Feedback, Personal Effectiveness, Right Words to Say
I gave a speech last week on the importance of feedback to a high performance organization. It was clear that many of the audience members were uncomfortable with the thought of delivering corrective feedback. They asked great questions and slowly came to terms with...
