by Liane Davey | Jun 20, 2021 | Be a better team leader, Be a better team member, Contribute, Horror Stories, How to fix teams, Strategy & Planning
If you could name the single bad habit that has the most detrimental effect on your team’s decision-making, what would it be? Do you have to ponder it for a moment or did you just shout the answer at your screen? Even if it takes you a few minutes, it’s worth...
by Liane Davey | Jun 13, 2021 | Be a better team leader, Contribute, Exercises, How to fix teams, Right Words to Say, Strategy & Planning
Has your team ever faced a vexatious decision that required you to trudge through clashing perspectives to get to a solution everyone could live with? Maybe you found the prospect of this heated discussion so unpleasant that you kept putting it off. Or maybe you waded...
by Liane Davey | Mar 14, 2021 | About teams, Be a better team leader, Communicate, Connect, Exercises, How to fix teams, Virtual Teams
There’s something missing when your team is separated from one another—something intangible. It’s that sense of where people are at, of how they’re doing. Sure, you don’t ever really know what’s going on inside someone’s head, even if you’re sitting six inches away...
by Liane Davey | Feb 7, 2021 | Be a better team leader, Communicate, Uncategorized, Virtual Teams
(I’ve gone into some detail in this post and therefore it’s long. If you want this in a quicker, click-through version. You can check it out here. Please share if you find it useful.) It’s time for a reset on our approach to managing remote teams. We’ve been...
by Liane Davey | Jan 31, 2021 | Be a better team leader, Communicate, Right Words to Say
Back with another great question from an audience member at a keynote. The specific question was, “How do I talk my high performers off the ledge?” On the Ledge [I know the questioner meant this as a metaphor. This particular metaphor provides an important opportunity...
by Liane Davey | Jan 24, 2021 | Be a better team leader, Communicate, Connect, How to fix teams, Right Words to Say
You know that for me, the best part of giving a keynote is the Q&A session. I already know all the stuff in the speech, but the questions are the entrée into what people are thinking, how they’re feeling, which of my suggestions comes easily and which needs more...
