by Liane Davey | Dec 8, 2019 | About teams, Be a better team leader, Exercises
If you’ve read my book or heard me speak, you probably know my story about how cross-functional teams aren’t like rowers (members aren’t all pulling in the same direction), instead, they are like people trying to spread a tarp over a tent. Each person is pulling on a...
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...
by Liane Davey | Nov 3, 2019 | Be a better team leader, Communicate, Contribute, Right Words to Say, Strategy & Planning
Does your organization have too many lists? I’ll bet that you’ve got lists of strategies, list of accountabilities, lists of values, competencies, priorities, goals. Yikes, with that many lists, it’s a lot to ask for employees to even remember what’s on the list, let...
by Liane Davey | Oct 20, 2019 | Be a better team leader, Contribute, Horror Stories, Right Words to Say
Another week, another great question from an audience member. This time, “What do I do if a colleague from another department keeps skipping the meetings I schedule and then complains about the decisions later?” Add this behavior to the list of the most annoying...
by Liane Davey | Sep 29, 2019 | Be a better team leader, Be a better team member, Communicate, Exercises, How to fix teams, Right Words to Say
I’m constantly encouraging teams to wade into the really difficult, contentious, emotional discussions that they would otherwise try to avoid. The problem is that you might lack the vocabulary to get to the other side of one of these emotional discussions or to move...
by Liane Davey | Sep 22, 2019 | Be a better team leader, Communicate, Strategy & Planning
“We have too many meetings and getting to a decision takes too long.” Seldom does a week go by without me hearing these complaints. Yet, when I dig into the root causes of those delays, many of them are self-inflicted by decision makers who empower stakeholders where...
