by Liane Davey | Mar 21, 2021 | About teams, Be a better team member, Connect, How to fix teams, Right Words to Say
I was giving a speech to the leaders of a large teaching hospital. We were talking about conflict and difficult relationships when one of the directors of an in-patient unit shared her frustration with one of the leaders from the emergency department. “She just calls...
by Liane Davey | Feb 28, 2021 | Be a better team member, Communicate, Contribute, Right Words to Say
How many hours have you spent stuck in mind-numbing meetings where the conversation is so mired in the weeds that you have to amuse yourself by coloring in the holes in the D’s and R’s and O’s on a brochure on your desk? Really…that many? Yikes. (I’m...
by Liane Davey | Feb 21, 2021 | conflict, Right Words to Say
Are you in a business relationship that’s going in the wrong direction? Or maybe it’s just going in no direction at all. Is it time to move on? I find myself in this situation sometimes and inevitably, I let things go on longer than I should because I don’t have the...
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 31, 2021 | Be a better team leader, Communicate, Right Words to Say
Back with another great question from an audience member at a keynote. The specific question was, “How do I talk my high performers off the ledge?” On the Ledge [I know the questioner meant this as a metaphor. This particular metaphor provides an important opportunity...
by Liane Davey | Jan 24, 2021 | Be a better team leader, Communicate, Connect, How to fix teams, Right Words to Say
You know that for me, the best part of giving a keynote is the Q&A session. I already know all the stuff in the speech, but the questions are the entrée into what people are thinking, how they’re feeling, which of my suggestions comes easily and which needs more...
