by Liane Davey | Jun 27, 2021 | Be a better team member, Contribute, How to fix teams, Strategy & Planning
Are you someone who enables and supports effective decision-making or someone who stymies it? What do you think? If you were quick to put yourself in the first category, are you sure? I often see people who think they’re being good team players but who are actually...
by Liane Davey | Jun 20, 2021 | Be a better team leader, Be a better team member, Contribute, Horror Stories, How to fix teams, Strategy & Planning
If you could name the single bad habit that has the most detrimental effect on your team’s decision-making, what would it be? Do you have to ponder it for a moment or did you just shout the answer at your screen? Even if it takes you a few minutes, it’s worth...
by Liane Davey | Jun 13, 2021 | Be a better team leader, Contribute, Exercises, How to fix teams, Right Words to Say, Strategy & Planning
Has your team ever faced a vexatious decision that required you to trudge through clashing perspectives to get to a solution everyone could live with? Maybe you found the prospect of this heated discussion so unpleasant that you kept putting it off. Or maybe you waded...
by Liane Davey | Jun 6, 2021 | Contribute, Exercises, How to fix teams, Personal Development, Right Words to Say
Do you believe in the adage, “less is more?” Would you love to have fewer priorities, a shorter to-do list, and more time to focus on the few activities that really make a difference? Then you’ll probably find new research published in Nature as interesting and...
by Liane Davey | May 30, 2021 | Be a better team member, Change, Connect, How to fix teams, Personal Development
So far this month, I’ve talked about flip-flopping bosses, toxic bullies, and overly sensitive colleagues. Those are just a few of the many difficult people you might have to deal with at work. But to this point, the one possibility we haven’t considered is that the...
by Liane Davey | May 23, 2021 | About teams, Be a better team member, conflict, Horror Stories, How to fix teams
Last week, I talked about the toxic phenomenon of bullying in the workplace. Based on a few comments on my LinkedIn post, it’s clear that long-term, aggressive, harmful bullying is something we need to worry about. If you didn’t get a chance to learn about the three...
