by Liane Davey | Jun 24, 2018 | Be a better team leader, Headline News, Success Stories
It’s World Cup time again. This global football-fest is always a great source of teamwork stories, including that moment in 2010 when I got called as an “expert” to comment when France’s players refused to practice in protest of one of the star players being expelled....
by Liane Davey | Feb 25, 2018 | About teams, Be a better team leader, Headline News, Horror Stories, Strategy & Planning
I read an excellent article in the Wall Street Journal this week entitled “How Jeffrey Immelt’s ‘Success Theater’ Masked the Rot at GE.” In it, authors Thomas Gryta, Joann Lublin, and David Benoit describe how the Immelt and his top leaders, “projected an optimism...
by Liane Davey | Jun 15, 2014 | Be a better team leader, Headline News, How to fix teams
Too many talented people on your team could actually hamper performance rather than improve it. This is the finding of new research due out in the journal Psychological Science. The findings come from studies of professional sports teams in the World Cup...
by Liane Davey | Sep 29, 2013 | Headline News, Horror Stories
In the past few days, the news has been filled again with threats of government shutdown and doomsday scenarios associated with the U.S. reaching the debt ceiling. As many have reported, this is just the latest in a string of self-imposed crises. The pattern is...
by Liane Davey | Oct 17, 2012 | Headline News, How to fix teams, Success Stories
I get to work with some really amazing teams, but this spring, serendipity handed me a seat on a flight beside the members of the Canadian Olympic synchronized swimming team. They take teamwork to a whole different level. I asked them what the members of the Change...
