by Liane Davey | Feb 23, 2020 | About teams, Be a better team member, Communicate, conflict, How to fix teams, Personal Development, Virtual Teams
Do you have virtual teammates? Well, not virtual humans (at least not yet), but real people who work with you in a virtual office rather than a physical one? Working remotely from your colleagues adds some challenges. You don’t have the benefit of face-to-face...
by Liane Davey | Feb 16, 2020 | About teams, Be a better team leader, Be a better team member, conflict, Exercises, How to fix teams
You’re stuck on a toxic team. You’ve been trying to keep your head down and get along with everyone, but you can’t take it anymore. You’re done with the passive-aggressiveness. You can’t hack the self-righteous finger-pointing. You’ve decided that if no one else is...
by Liane Davey | Feb 9, 2020 | Be a better team member, Personal Development, Right Words to Say
“I’m just trying to be nice.” “I can’t say that, it’s not nice.” “If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all.” “She’s not very nice.” I know you’re a nice person, but is nice the standard you hold yourself to? Are politeness, civility, and courtesy your...
by Liane Davey | Feb 2, 2020 | Be a better team member, Change, Personal Development
Are there places in your life where you’re doing 80% crap and only 20% good stuff? How might you flip those percentages around so that you could get more of what you want and less of what you don’t? More of what you need and less of what you could do without? That’s...
by Liane Davey | Jan 12, 2020 | Be a better team member, conflict, Contribute, Right Words to Say
Ever since we worked with leaders at Amazon a couple of years ago, Craig and I have shared their leadership principle, “disagree and commit” with all of our clients. It’s one of the most succinct descriptions of productive team conflict you can find. The disagree...
by Liane Davey | Dec 1, 2019 | About teams, Be a better team member, Change, Personal Development
As the days were getting shorter and the temperatures getting colder, I wanted to try something different to be in touch with you more often and to bring you some short and sweet tips that could help us all be happier, healthier, and more productive. The result was...
