by Liane Davey | Jan 9, 2022 | Be a better team leader, Horror Stories
Are you considering taking “The Great Resignation” as your pick in the 2022 business jargon drinking game? I wouldn’t recommend it unless you can hold your alcohol. With the current rate at which people are throwing the phrase around, I’d be blotto each day before I...
by Liane Davey | Dec 12, 2021 | Be a better team leader, Contribute, Exercises, How to fix teams, Strategy & Planning
In the previous post, I provided four techniques you can use to set your meetings up for success. This post includes four strategies for facilitating a great meeting. More Effective Meetings 5. Scan Before Diving Once you’re in a meeting and starting to discuss a...
by Liane Davey | Dec 5, 2021 | Be a better team leader, Contribute, How to fix teams
How much of your week do you spend in terrible meetings (and by terrible, I mean meetings with poor planning, unclear agenda, facile facilitation, and no clear outcome)? I’m going to share eight things you can do to set your meetings up for success. This post includes...
by Liane Davey | Nov 14, 2021 | Be a better team leader, Contribute, How to fix teams
You know how a gymnast loses major marks if they don’t “stick the landing?” That’s how you should think about your meetings. I don’t care how many flips and twists you get in, if you don’t stick the landing, they don’t count. It’s fascinating to me how much time is...
by Liane Davey | Oct 24, 2021 | Bad Leaders, Be a better team leader, Contribute, Exercises, Strategy & Planning
How often does your leadership team talk about priorities? What importance do you place on the act of prioritizing work? When you say “prioritize,” what does it mean? Just to go all word-nerd on you for a sec, the term priority (and prioritize) comes from the...
by Liane Davey | Oct 10, 2021 | Be a better team leader, Contribute, Strategy & Planning
Do you know the old adage, “a camel is a horse designed by a committee?” That line nails it for me. Imagine you’re sitting in a leadership team meeting. At some point, someone mentions the need for a new way of doing things. It might be a new performance management...
