by Liane Davey | May 15, 2022 | Connect, Contribute
Here’s a conundrum I see frequently. You’re completely dependent on your colleagues to do their work (well and on time), but you’re too busy to keep tabs on their progress. So, depending on your personality, you go one of two ways: 1) you stress,...
by Liane Davey | Dec 12, 2021 | Be a better team leader, Contribute, Exercises, How to fix teams, Strategy & Planning
In the previous post, I provided four techniques you can use to set your meetings up for success. This post includes four strategies for facilitating a great meeting. More Effective Meetings 5. Scan Before Diving Once you’re in a meeting and starting to discuss a...
by Liane Davey | Dec 5, 2021 | Be a better team leader, Contribute, How to fix teams
How much of your week do you spend in terrible meetings (and by terrible, I mean meetings with poor planning, unclear agenda, facile facilitation, and no clear outcome)? I’m going to share eight things you can do to set your meetings up for success. This post includes...
by Liane Davey | Nov 14, 2021 | Be a better team leader, Contribute, How to fix teams
You know how a gymnast loses major marks if they don’t “stick the landing?” That’s how you should think about your meetings. I don’t care how many flips and twists you get in, if you don’t stick the landing, they don’t count. It’s fascinating to me how much time is...
by Liane Davey | Oct 24, 2021 | Bad Leaders, Be a better team leader, Contribute, Exercises, Strategy & Planning
How often does your leadership team talk about priorities? What importance do you place on the act of prioritizing work? When you say “prioritize,” what does it mean? Just to go all word-nerd on you for a sec, the term priority (and prioritize) comes from the...
by Liane Davey | Oct 17, 2021 | About teams, Be a better team member, Contribute, How to fix teams, Strategy & Planning
Since the advent of nuclear weapons, there have been several incidents where false alarms might have caused a cascade to global thermonuclear annihilation. One such episode was triggered by a flock of Canada geese, one by meteor showers, one by a malfunctioning chip,...
