by Liane Davey | Mar 2, 2026 | Personal Effectiveness, Resources, Team Leadership
Open Drawbridge Questions Strong reactions at work are signals. They tell you something important feels under threat. The instinct is to defend or deflect. The opportunity is to get curious. These questions help you do that. Open the Drawbridge Some More Great...
by Liane Davey | Aug 23, 2025 | Team Effectiveness, Video Library
So you’ve got disgruntled employees? You’re not alone. But what can you do about it. How do you make them… gruntled? (Is gruntled a word??) 1. Process Your Own Emotions First, take some time to work through your own reactions to their displeasure. It’s natural that...
by Liane Davey | Jul 26, 2025 | Team Alignment, Team Effectiveness, Video Library
Setting priorities is one thing if you’re just trying to keep your own life in order, but what about figuring out the priorities when you work on a team? That’s exponentially more complicated. Keeping a team aligned is hard work. Let’s talk about how to get aligned on...
by Liane Davey | May 25, 2025 | Personal Effectiveness, Team Dysfunction
When I first began this series on drama in the workplace, I invoked Cy Wakeman’s definition of “arguing with reality.” We talked about all the ways your hapless colleagues might be circling the drain and how you can put in the stopper. Thus far, we haven’t even...
by Liane Davey | May 18, 2025 | Emotions, Team Dysfunction, Team Effectiveness
We’re talking about drama this month. We began by defining what constitutes drama and considering why being dramatic can be rewarding. Next, we got tactical about what to do when you’re stuck in the middle of two colleagues who are getting into drama. Now, it’s time...
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...
