by Liane Davey | Oct 29, 2017 | About teams, Be a better team leader, Be a better team member, Conflict, Exercises, How to fix teams, Right Words to Say, Strategy & Planning
Does your team have a “too hard pile?” Is there a list of issues that everyone knows need to be addressed for your business to evolve, but there is tactic agreement that they would be so uncomfortable, so messy to discuss that you just work around them? That’s what...
by Liane Davey | Feb 5, 2017 | Contribute, How to fix teams, Right Words to Say, Strategy & Planning
Last week, I helped 250 leaders kick off the new year and inspire them to lead the changes their organization will need to win. I had the last spot on the agenda, right before the big close by the CEO. I decided to use it to bring all the messages of the event down to...
by Liane Davey | Dec 4, 2016 | About teams, Be a better team leader, Contribute, How to fix teams, Strategy & Planning
There were many things to learn from the 2016 U.S. Presidential election. One of the lessons that has considerable application to the workplace is the risk of living in an echo chamber. The term “echo chamber” was used to describe the propensity of voters to surround...
by Liane Davey | Nov 30, 2016 | About teams, Be a better team leader, Contribute, Strategy & Planning
If there is one line I hear over and over from the middle layers of management, it’s “what are we going to stop doing?” They are desperate for activities to be removed from their very full plates if new ones are going to be added. Although trade-offs are welcomed by...
by Liane Davey | Nov 16, 2016 | Bad Leaders, Be a better team leader, Contribute, Strategy & Planning
When Craig and I are invited to work with a team, it’s common that the client cites trust issues as one of the reasons for engaging us. Although it’s immediately apparent that trust is weak, once we get working with the team, often the trust issues turn out to be the...
by Liane Davey | Oct 26, 2016 | About teams, Bad Leaders, Be a better team leader, Strategy & Planning
“We’re lucky. Times are good and it’s pretty easy to manage right now.” This is a quote from a member of an executive team I’m working with right now. He’s right, times are good for their business…really good. He’s also right that the steady sales and recurring...
