by Liane Davey | Feb 12, 2014 | Bad Leaders, Horror Stories, How to fix teams, Personal Effectiveness
Wimpy leaders. My friend and leadership expert Vince Molinaro defines wimpy leaders as the “leaders who don’t have the courage or the stomach for the role. The ones who always take the easy way out, don’t do the difficult things.” You know you’re dealing with one of...
by Liane Davey | Feb 2, 2014 | Be a better team member, Communication, Personal Effectiveness
One of the most important parts of the 3COze High Performing Team process is the time we spend helping team members understand their styles and needs—and how they impact team dynamics. We use the Birkman Method® as our tool in this process. I’m such a huge fan of...
by Liane Davey | Jan 29, 2014 | About teams, Be a better team leader, Be a better team member, Interviews, Personal Effectiveness
This is the second post inspired by my interview with Canadian Olympic Women’s Soccer coach John Herdman. [To read the first post on the characteristics of excellence, click here.] John and I will be among the speakers at the upcoming XL Leadership Summit this...
by Liane Davey | Jan 22, 2014 | How to fix teams, Personal Effectiveness
I’m really excited to bring you a guest post from my friend Andrew Webster. Andrew is the Director of Change and Innovation Simulations at ExperiencePoint, a really innovative learning company that condenses real-world experience into one-day simulations. They work...
by Liane Davey | Jan 12, 2014 | Be a better team member, How to fix teams, Personal Effectiveness
I recently wrote my first post for HBR.org. In it, I shared the idea that every individual on a team needs to take responsibility for how they are contributing to team dysfunction. You can read the full post here. One of the comments posted on the blog really got me...
by Liane Davey | Dec 15, 2013 | Be a better team member, Personal Effectiveness
In my previous post, I provided some advice to a person who is concerned that she’s over-powering her team. I described a variety of approaches to take up a little less of the oxygen in the room. You can read those tips here. Even as I wrote that post, one niggling...
