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Your Strategy Should Serve Two Purposes

Your Strategy Should Serve Two Purposes

by Liane Davey | Jan 17, 2021 | Bad Leaders, Be a better team leader, Exercises, Strategy & Planning

Does your organization have a strategy? Do you know what it is? Does everyone feel a sense of ownership over executing that strategy? In far too many organizations, the answer to those questions is “no.” It makes me so sad how few people have experienced the power of...
Pass the Accountability

Pass the Accountability

by Liane Davey | May 10, 2020 | About teams, Bad Leaders, Be a better team leader, Contribute, How to fix teams, Virtual Teams

Last week was the closest I’ve come to feeling productive since the Covid lockdown began. One reason was that I got to work with an amazing group of leaders from a fast-growing fintech company in Austin. They are really in the swing with virtual meetings and were...
I’m not trying to be a jerk

I’m not trying to be a jerk

by Liane Davey | Jan 26, 2020 | Bad Leaders, Be a better team leader, Personal Development

You’re on a quick break during a full-day meeting. Folks are milling about, refilling their coffees when a conversation starts between a couple of your colleagues. You overhear what they’re talking about and ask a question, something innocuous like, “What was that,...
Hey leader, it’s not about you

Hey leader, it’s not about you

by Liane Davey | Nov 24, 2019 | About teams, Bad Leaders, Be a better team leader

Is there a risk in leading from strength? I’m starting to think so. I’ve worked with hundreds of team leaders over the years and almost all of them have been decent, nice, well-meaning people who take their responsibility as leaders seriously. But most of them lead...
Are you spending enough time leading?

Are you spending enough time leading?

by Liane Davey | Jun 16, 2019 | Bad Leaders, Be a better team leader, Personal Development

In 2007, when Vince Molinaro, David Weiss and I were writing Leadership Solutions, we got the feedback that our manuscript needed to include a definition of leadership. At the time, I resisted that advice. Isn’t the definition of leadership obvious? Silly me. Twelve...
Stop Rewarding Arsonists for Putting Out Fires

Stop Rewarding Arsonists for Putting Out Fires

by Liane Davey | May 5, 2019 | Bad Leaders, Be a better team leader, Be a better team member, Contribute, Horror Stories, How to fix teams

We have a big problem in our organizational cultures of rewarding the heroic people. It’s so reassuring to see someone hustle and grind and save the day. I had a client tell me the story of an IT guy who had to fix a critical issue on his wedding day. (That’s just...
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