by Liane Davey | Sep 11, 2013 | Team Effectiveness, Video Library
Start with a positive assumption (video transcript) Your first responsibility as a team member is to start with a positive assumption. When you change the way you look at people, you’ll actually change the way they look at you. Let me demonstrate. Close...
by Liane Davey | Jun 19, 2013 | Team Effectiveness, Video Library
What to say to coworkers who play the hero (video transcript) Do you know someone who’s made a name for themselves by always coming to the rescue? Usually that person is actually part of the problem, not the solution. But while everyone is celebrating and...
by Liane Davey | Apr 22, 2013 | Toxic Workplaces, Video Library
When someone gossips (video transcript) One of the worst ways people undermine teams is by gossiping. But many of us don’t know what to do when someone comes to us to gossip. It’s uncomfortable, but we don’t know what to say to shut it off....
by Liane Davey | Jan 29, 2013 | Personal Effectiveness, Video Library
When you need to say no (video transcript) One of the most popular blogs I ever wrote was about how we’re all spreading ourselves too thin. I got a lot of comments and a lot of agreement on that one. One of the comments I got was from Tiffany who said,...
by Liane Davey | Jan 18, 2013 | Meetings, Video Library
Getting invited to meetings (video transcript) It’s Monday morning, and you’ve just settled in with a coffee to take a look at your calendar for the week. As you scroll through, you notice Wednesday afternoon that two hour cross-functional meeting...
by Liane Davey | Dec 7, 2012 | Connection, Video Library
How to show you’re listening (video transcript) Very early in my career, I met a manager who’d immigrated from China. We were doing a session about listening when he jumped up, took my marker, and went to the flip chart. On it, he drew the Chinese...