by Liane Davey | Nov 17, 2019 | Communicate, Exercises
I told you last week about a team of people who were worried about an upcoming corporate restructuring. Their inner voices were whispering unhelpful thoughts suggesting they might not be smart enough, or sophisticated enough, or snazzy enough to fit in with their new...
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 27, 2019 | Communicate, Right Words to Say, Strategy & Planning
I am being driven to distraction by sloppy business writing. Specifically, I am flummoxed by the inability of people to create a coherent list. May I ask a favor? When you are creating a list of items (strategies, values, actions, whatever), would you please, please,...
by Liane Davey | Oct 13, 2019 | About teams, Be a better team member, Communicate, conflict, Horror Stories, Right Words to Say
I’m on the road this month, giving the speech that goes with my book The Good Fight. Audiences have been amazingly open to my message about the importance of productive conflict. The best part of giving the speech for me is hearing the wonderful questions people ask...
by Liane Davey | Oct 6, 2019 | About teams, Be a better team member, Communicate, conflict, Contribute, How to fix teams, Right Words to Say
Do you appreciate your colleagues’ superpowers? Can you even spot them? It’s easy to get so wrapped up in your own perspective that you fail to recognize that great organizations are more like the Avengers than old school, single hero Superman. Today, I’d love you to...
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...
