21

Jan

9 Easy Ways to Improve Decision Making on Your Team

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3coze

assumptions, cognitive biases, contingencies, decision making, decisions, disagreement, groupthink, implications, strategic planning

Be a better team leader, Be a better team member, Communicate, conflict, Exercises, How to fix teams, Right Words to Say

You know that your team is conflict avoidant. You know it’s preventing you from surfacing issues, thoroughly discussing them, and getting them resolved effectively. You really want to make it better, but how do you start? The people on your team (and maybe even your boss) are seriously unwilling to broach any subject that might […]

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05

Jun

When you’re not the subject matter expert

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3coze

assumptions, contribution, distraction, observation, spectator, team meetings, tuned out

About teams, Be a better team member, Contribute

I’ve watched you do it. While you’re presenting your content at the meeting, you’re interested and engaged and you add so much value. I love your passion and your feisty defense of your plan. But then someone else takes the floor and in the blink of an eye you’re a different person. The presentation clearly […]

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11

Nov

Counter-intuitive advice on building trust

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liane

assumptions, biases, capability, competence, confidence, conflict, reliability, trust

Be a better team member, How to fix teams

Trust is the basis of a healthy team dynamic. Too little trust and you won’t open up, won’t bother sharing your unique value, and won’t have the courage to broach difficult topics. Without trust, much of the value of the team is left unrealized. If you want to increase trust on your team, there are […]

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24

Jun

Fresh start every morning

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liane

affirmation, assumptions, exercises, feedback, kids, teachers, teamwork

About teams, Be a better team member, Exercises, Success Stories

  Tomorrow is the end of another school year for my daughter Mac. She’s just finishing grade 3 and a year’s worth of schoolwork is coming home in her backpack. I always enjoy looking at my kids’ work, but this time there was something really cool…something that can teach us all an important lesson about teamwork. In […]

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07

Jun

Hey men! Try leaning out a little

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liane

aggressiveness, assumptions, bias, conflict, conflict avoidant, diversity, equality, gender differences, lean in, Team Dysfunction

Be a better team member, How to fix teams, Personal Development, Right Words to Say

  A while back, I wrote a post on LinkedIn asking whether the women on teams are leaning in.  Read it here. I got one comment with a bit of a “blame the victim” message.  I didn’t write to women to blame them, I wrote to women because I feel passionately about helping them add […]

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01

Mar

Crying at Work

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liane

assumptions, conflict, crying, difficult issues, emotion, emotionality, relationships, tears, Tension

Be a better team leader, Be a better team member, Communicate, Personal Development, Right Words to Say

I’ve been writing this blog for quite a while. I’ve shared the things I see as an executive team advisor, and I’ve exposed (and tried to be authentic about) the issues that I personally struggle with as a team member.  But there’s one topic I haven’t touched with a 10 foot pole–crying. Crying is not […]

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17

Jul

But he did it first

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liane

amygdala hijack, assumptions, challenging assumptions, conflict, decision making, disagreement, filters, productive conflict, team effectiveness, team player, Teammates, Tension

Be a better team member, Success Stories

In my upcoming book, You First: Inspire Your Team to Grow Up, Get Along, and Get Stuff Done, I talk about the five things you can do to change your team for the better.  The first of these is to Start with a Positive Assumption.  As team members, we each have a responsibility to overcome […]

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