by Liane Davey | Apr 23, 2015 | Bad Leaders, Be a better team member, Horror Stories, Right Words to Say
Leaders who need to be liked. My friend and leadership expert Vince Molinaro describes them as leaders who “desperately want to be liked by everyone they work with.” They want to be best friends with their team members “in an eerie sort of way.” They avoid conflict or...
by Liane Davey | Apr 19, 2015 | About teams, Bad Leaders, Be a better team leader, Be a better team member, Horror Stories, Right Words to Say
Here’s a story I was told recently. You might have experienced something similar in your team. “My teammate, Mary, is such a great person. She’s really nice, hard working, and a great contributor. Unfortunately, our team leader just doesn’t like her, at least...
by Liane Davey | Mar 25, 2015 | Be a better team leader, Communication, Right Words to Say
In my previous post, I complained about people who transmit one-way messages and think they’ve communicated. You can read the full post here. Essentially, the point is that transmitting a message without confirming whether or not it was received and, more...
by Liane Davey | Mar 22, 2015 | About teams, Communication, How to fix teams, Personal Effectiveness, Right Words to Say
There are a lot of activities that look like communication that really shouldn’t count. Sending an email out into the abyss isn’t communicating. Popping into someone’s office to say something and then moving right along isn’t communicating. Listening to...
by Liane Davey | Mar 4, 2015 | Be a better team leader, Feedback, How to fix teams, Right Words to Say
In my previous post, I talked about emotional reactions to issues at work; specifically, things that make people cry. In that post, I alluded to the idea that advanced warning of difficult messages gives time to process the issue, reduces the surprise factor, and...
by Liane Davey | Mar 1, 2015 | Be a better team leader, Be a better team member, Communication, Emotions, Personal Effectiveness, Right Words to Say
I’ve been writing this blog for quite a while. I’ve shared the things I see as an executive team advisor, and I’ve exposed (and tried to be authentic about) the issues that I personally struggle with as a team member. But there’s one topic I...
