by Liane Davey | Dec 9, 2018 | Be a better team leader, Communicate, conflict, Personal Development, Right Words to Say
One of the most precarious situations you can get in as a manager is when someone comes to you with feedback about one of your team members and asks you to pass the bad news along. If you make the wrong move here, you condone passive-aggressiveness, exacerbate...
by Liane Davey | Nov 18, 2018 | Be a better team member, Change, Communicate, How to fix teams, Personal Development, Right Words to Say
I was talking about what to do when you are resisting a change that’s imposed on you. A woman in the audience put her hand up. She introduced herself and then asked, “What if I’m the change that people are resisting?” Wow! Another week, another powerful question from...
by Liane Davey | Nov 11, 2018 | Be a better team member, Connect, Exercises, Personal Development, Right Words to Say
“Now I have to work with people I don’t trust.” This was the statement of an audience member at a speech I was giving last week. We were talking about a major organizational change and he was sharing his experience of the new structure. It was immediately obvious that...
by Liane Davey | Nov 4, 2018 | Be a better team leader, Exercises, Personal Development
This is the third and final in my series on leading through change. I’m helping leaders in a large multinational organization cope with their reactions to a major transformation and I thought it would be valuable to share my advice with you. I started in the first...
by Liane Davey | Oct 21, 2018 | Be a better team leader, Exercises, Personal Development
Leading through change is a particularly difficult assignment. You’re expected to mobilize your team while you’re struggling to master yourself. This month, I’m conducting sessions with the leaders in a large multi-national company to help them cope with their own...
by Liane Davey | May 20, 2018 | About teams, Be a better team member, Communicate, conflict, How to fix teams, Personal Development, Right Words to Say
“Do you agree that we should pick our battles?” This was a question I got during the Q&A session of a keynote speech I gave last week. I think I surprised the questioner with my response, which means I might surprise you too, so here goes. If you are “picking...
