by Liane Davey | Apr 24, 2022 | Communicate, Personal Development, Right Words to Say, Strategy & Planning
I know, I know, you’ve been told that you aren’t strategic enough, so now you’re trying to reach a self-imposed quota for using big words and making references to The Economist. Please stop. Just stop. It’s not working. You don’t sound more strategic; you just seem...
by Liane Davey | Mar 20, 2022 | Communicate, Virtual Teams
Are you collaborating virtually more often these days? How are you finding it? Are you able to have just as interesting, innovative, in-depth discussions as if you were in person? Are you getting the job done but lacking the quality dynamic of face-to-face? Or maybe...
by Liane Davey | Mar 6, 2022 | Communicate, Virtual Teams
Many teams won’t return to the same office-centric approach that existed before the pandemic drove people to their home offices (and kitchen tables) in March of 2020. Instead, the future of work will include a melange of work arrangements on a continuum from permanent...
by Liane Davey | Feb 6, 2022 | Communicate, conflict, Horror Stories, Right Words to Say
My completely unscientific LinkedIn poll results are in, and dealing with passive-aggressive people is the conflict situation you despise the most. I agree. Passive aggressiveness has all the unpleasantness of other more transparent conflict scenarios, with fewer...
by Liane Davey | Nov 7, 2021 | Be a better team member, Communicate, Connect, Horror Stories
It seems there are few things we like more than a generational stereotype. Based on my time hanging around conferences and water coolers, I’ve realized we’re pretty comfy describing hundreds of millions of people with a single sentiment. Boomers don’t get technology,...
by Liane Davey | Sep 26, 2021 | Be a better team member, Communicate, Connect
Have you ever had to work with someone you don’t trust? And I don’t just mean work on the same team or see them at the coffee machine. I mean have you ever had to depend on someone you don’t trust to get your work done? Have you been on the hook for something that you...
