by Liane Davey | Apr 6, 2025 | Productivity, Team Effectiveness
If you want to see me turn red and blow steam out my ears like a 1970s cartoon character, just sit me in an audience with a group of leaders as their CEO launches their seven priorities for the coming year. To be fair, it doesn’t have to be seven; it could be any...
by Liane Davey | Jan 5, 2025 | Productivity
Are you making a New Year’s resolution? I’m not usually into resolutions, but I have had some success with creating a theme for the year. One year, I made a point of trying to bring more joy into my life. That was an epic fail, but the do-over worked out well. This...
by Liane Davey | Nov 19, 2023 | Productivity
I’m surrounded by people who look permanently overwhelmed. It shows in their eyes, which are abnormally wide, with pupils dilated. The threat response is visible. It screams, “I’m not handling this!!!” But other than sharing the ubiquitous complaint about being busy,...
by Liane Davey | Nov 12, 2023 | Productivity
In my most recent post, I argued that the only viable number of priorities is one. That’s because you can only do one thing at a time. Having a list of seven things you’re worrying about at once is a recipe for low productivity and likely burnout. I’m not so naïve as...
by Liane Davey | Nov 5, 2023 | Productivity
I get asked this all the time, “How many priorities are too many?” What would you answer? I bet it depends on how you define a priority. What is a Priority? Based on my informal polling, I’m guessing your definition of a priority is something like “a super important...
by Liane Davey | Sep 17, 2023 | Productivity
Is your team feeling stuck, stymied, or just a bit stale? Does it feel like you’re working at cross-purposes? Or have you pulled apart and started toiling away in isolation? It happens. In the next two posts, I share some advice on how to reset your team in hopes of...
