by Liane Davey | Dec 10, 2014 | About teams, Success Stories
I am frequently asked how I would define a vital team? That’s not as random as it sounds—the Knightsbridge team effectiveness process is called Vital Teams™, so people want a vision of what their team will look like once we’ve taken them through the...
by Liane Davey | Nov 19, 2014 | Be a better team member, Personal Effectiveness, Success Stories
I don’t think we’re having fun anymore. We’re rushed, stressed, harried, tense, bitter, grumpy, tired… we’re a lot of things, but happy is seldom one of them. I think it’s time to choose to be happy; to have fun in the face of stress; and to be buoyant just when you...
by Liane Davey | Aug 7, 2014 | Bad Leaders, Be a better team member, Personal Effectiveness, Success Stories
Recently, I gave a speech at the International Coach Federation conference in Atlanta, Georgia. As part of the ICF conference, they had a master coach demonstrate her coaching live on stage. When she asked for a willing volunteer to be coached in front of a couple...
by Liane Davey | Jul 16, 2014 | About teams, Be a better team leader, Horror Stories, How to fix teams, Success Stories
The “busy” epidemic has received significant attention and much has been written about how to prioritize to keep one’s workload at a manageable level. In my book, You First: Inspire Your Team to Grow Up, Get Along, and Get Stuff Done, I even included a chapter...
by Liane Davey | Jun 18, 2014 | About teams, Communication, Success Stories
Many years ago now, when I took over managing our team of consultants, I made the high profile and much-discussed decision to move to an open office layout. No walls, no cubicles, just desks with one-foot high dividers. Eight years and a new building later and our...
by Liane Davey | Jun 11, 2014 | Be a better team leader, Be a better team member, Communication, How to fix teams, Right Words to Say, Success Stories
“95% of the time, two smart people with the same goals and the same facts will come up with the same plan. So I tell my team to spend their time figuring out if they have the same goals and the same facts before arguing about what to do.” That’s a gem that came from a...
