by Liane Davey | Apr 24, 2022 | Communication, Personal Development, Right Words to Say, Strategy & Planning
I know, I know, you’ve been told that you aren’t strategic enough, so now you’re trying to reach a self-imposed quota for using big words and making references to The Economist. Please stop. Just stop. It’s not working. You don’t sound more strategic; you just seem...
by Liane Davey | Feb 6, 2022 | Communication, Conflict, Horror Stories, Right Words to Say
My completely unscientific LinkedIn poll results are in, and dealing with passive-aggressive people is the conflict situation you despise the most. I agree. Passive aggressiveness has all the unpleasantness of other more transparent conflict scenarios, with fewer...
by Liane Davey | Sep 12, 2021 | Be a better team member, Communication, Connect, How to fix teams, Personal Development, Right Words to Say
Do you find yourself working on a team where you just don’t fit in? Or do you like your colleagues well enough but still not trust them for anything more than providing convivial coffee conversation in the cafe? Or is it worse than that? Maybe you have evidence that...
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 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...
