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The Return to Office Fight is About Control not Productivity

The Return to Office Fight is About Control not Productivity

by Liane Davey | Jan 15, 2023 | Right Words to Say, Virtual Teams

I’ve had many conversations about returning to the office lately. In fact, I’m writing this post in a café in Ottawa while waiting to give a speech about it. I’ve spent hours scouring the latest studies and interrogating the perspectives on both sides of the issue. My...
Stop Trying to Sound Strategic!

Stop Trying to Sound Strategic!

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...
How to deal with passive aggressive people

How to deal with passive aggressive people

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...
To Foster Trust, Ask for Help

To Foster Trust, Ask for Help

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...
How to Make the Hardest Decisions

How to Make the Hardest Decisions

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...
Why You’re So Busy and How to Ruthlessly Prioritize

Why You’re So Busy and How to Ruthlessly Prioritize

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...
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