by Liane Davey | May 16, 2021 | About teams, Bad Leaders, Horror Stories, How to fix teams, Personal Development, Right Words to Say
The term “bullying” gets bandied about liberally in conversations about team dysfunction. For what it’s worth, I believe too liberally. How often do you hear someone claiming to be bullied? Bullying is an extremely serious, toxic dynamic that causes profound stress...
by Liane Davey | Apr 25, 2021 | Communicate, Contribute, Personal Development, Right Words to Say, Strategy & Planning
This post is a part of Strategy Month—my 30-day LinkedIn series aimed at bringing strategy down from its lofty perch and providing the ideas, techniques, and tools to democratize strategy in your team or organization. So far, we’ve had Strategy Creation week, Strategy...
by Liane Davey | Mar 28, 2021 | Be a better team member, Communicate, Personal Development
“Don’t interrupt.” It’s right up there with “don’t talk with your mouth open,” “don’t talk about sex, politics, or religion,” and “don’t overshare” in the pantheon of rules for polite conversation. But around here, we like to question what we were taught and take the...
by Liane Davey | Mar 7, 2021 | Be a better team member, Communicate, Connect, How to fix teams, Personal Development
If there were one skill you could improve to become a better communicator, to be liked more and respected way more, to accomplish more, and to waste a whole lot less time, would you be willing to invest in it? ‘Cause I can tell you what it is—it’s listening. I spend...
by Liane Davey | Feb 14, 2021 | Personal Development, Right Words to Say
We’re halfway through February and I suppose that most of the New Year’s resolutions have worn off by now (although I’m still on my 45-day streak of getting my Inbox to zero each morning). It’s time to settle into the year and to decide what changes will really make a...
by Liane Davey | Jan 10, 2021 | Be a better team member, Change, Personal Development, Strategy & Planning
A few years ago, I made my choice in the raging debate about whether it is best to start a new year with resolutions, intentions, or themes. I chose themes. The most successful year of doing this for me was the (second) year when I chose “joy” as my theme...
