by Liane Davey | May 21, 2017 | Bad Leaders, Contribute, Personal Effectiveness, Right Words to Say
Do you have micro-managing tendencies? As a leader, do you only feel confident when you feel like you have your finger on the pulse of your organization? Do you love getting to the root of an issue, no matter how far into the weeds it takes you? Is your favorite part...
by Liane Davey | Apr 9, 2017 | Be a better team leader, Be a better team member, Contribute, Emotions, Personal Effectiveness
I am preparing to talk to a large group of bank branch managers about the secrets of resilience. They’re not interested in the basics; years of change and disruption have taught them the fundamentals (remember when the ATM was going to replace all the jobs in...
by Liane Davey | Feb 12, 2017 | About teams, Be a better team member, Personal Effectiveness
“Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.” -Phillips Brooks, American clergyman (1835-1893) I was looking for inspiration this morning when I stumbled upon this quote. It got me wondering about the small moments...
by Liane Davey | Nov 22, 2016 | Be a better team leader, Be a better team member, Communication, Connect, Personal Effectiveness
What percentage of the information you share daily is delivered as one-way messages that you transmit without checking how the message lands? I asked this of an audience recently and most of the people in the room answered 80 percent or higher. How would you answer?...
by Liane Davey | Nov 20, 2016 | Be a better team member, Communication, Conflict, Emotions, Personal Effectiveness, Right Words to Say
I was giving a talk on how to have productive conflict when an audience member asked a great question. She was clear on all the advice and agreed that the techniques I was sharing were great…but! “What if get emotional and I’m no longer in a frame of mind to use these...
by Liane Davey | Nov 6, 2016 | Be a better team member, Contribute, Exercises, Personal Effectiveness
I stumbled upon an old post I had written for Psychology Today and decided to resurrect and refresh it for the blog. It’s about being inspired in the month of November to say “no” to more things. In the time since I first wrote the post, my concern about people saying...
