by Liane Davey | Jun 24, 2018 | Be a better team leader, Headline News, Success Stories
It’s World Cup time again. This global football-fest is always a great source of teamwork stories, including that moment in 2010 when I got called as an “expert” to comment when France’s players refused to practice in protest of one of the star players being expelled....
by Liane Davey | Dec 17, 2017 | Be a better team leader, Be a better team member, Communicate, conflict, Connect, Success Stories
I’m in the midst of a series of posts exploring our profound conflict aversion and its toll on businesses, teams, and individuals. In previous posts, I shared a couple of the things we’re taught as children that give rise to our conflict aversion: “If you can’t say...
by Liane Davey | Oct 1, 2017 | Be a better team leader, Communicate, Contribute, Exercises, How to fix teams, Success Stories
I was facilitating an executive team meeting last week. Although the meeting had been scheduled as a full day, four people started the day saying that they needed to leave early. (I’ll save my rant about that for later). Four of the team members needed to be gone by...
by Liane Davey | Jan 22, 2017 | About teams, Be a better team leader, Success Stories
I spent a day last week with one of the teams that reminds me of the value of a great team. It’s a team that’s invested a couple of years in building a strong team dynamic to accomplish a challenging turnaround. At one point in the day, I started to say to someone...
by Liane Davey | Mar 13, 2016 | Contribute, Exercises, Personal Development, Success Stories
It’s mid-March and your New Year’s resolutions have probably converted from hope into guilt just as quickly as a donut converts carbs into body fat. But it doesn’t have to be that way. I want to share a few tips for becoming more self-disciplined so you can stick to...
by Liane Davey | Jan 10, 2016 | Personal Development, Success Stories
I’m not a big believer in New Year’s resolutions, but I’m a huge fan of personal growth. Instead of a resolution, I give each year a theme. This is the story of my two-year journey on the theme of joy (complete with epic fail in 2014 and recommit in 2015). I hope it...
