by Liane Davey | Feb 3, 2019 | About teams, Be a better team leader, Communicate, Exercises, How to fix teams, Right Words to Say
You’d be surprised how many trust issues on teams aren’t actually trust issues. Well, that’s not totally fair. They’ve become trust issues, but they didn’t start with team members backstabbing, demonstrating incompetence, or failing to deliver. A significant...
by Liane Davey | Jan 27, 2019 | About teams, Be a better team leader, Be a better team member, Contribute, Strategy & Planning
I was working with a CEO and his team last week. They’re a great team with incredible accomplishments under their belt. Of course, they are the kind of team that is never satisfied and always looking for the next opportunity to add more value for customers, be more...
by Liane Davey | Jan 13, 2019 | About teams, Be a better team member, Communicate, conflict, How to fix teams, Right Words to Say, Virtual Teams
I was giving a speech to a group of insurance leaders last week. We were talking about the importance of working through conflicts as they arise to ensure they don’t stall productivity or erode trust. The question that came up most frequently in my conversations...
by Liane Davey | Sep 23, 2018 | About teams, Be a better team leader, How to fix teams
My favorite source of topics for posts are the questions I get at the end of my speeches. Last week, I was giving the opening keynote in a room full of mayors and local government representatives. The speech was called, “Change Has Changed.” It’s about the challenges...
by Liane Davey | Jun 17, 2018 | About teams, Be a better team leader, Communicate, Right Words to Say
I was working with a team recently that had developed a bit of a bad reputation. The management team of their organization had decided that they were complacent, stuck in the past, and not driving hard enough for growth. The team leader admitted that there was a...
by Liane Davey | May 20, 2018 | About teams, Be a better team member, Communicate, conflict, How to fix teams, Personal Development, Right Words to Say
“Do you agree that we should pick our battles?” This was a question I got during the Q&A session of a keynote speech I gave last week. I think I surprised the questioner with my response, which means I might surprise you too, so here goes. If you are “picking...
