Teams are the way work gets done in our increasingly complex, fast-paced, and global world. They are the basic unit of our organizations and a critical piece of the productivity puzzle. For many, work teams are also the closest thing to community in their…
Early on, Dr. Liane Davey found industrial assembly lines – crayons, cotton swabs, soda pop – fascinating. When she settled on psychology as a field of study, it was with the realization that human teams are the assembly lines of the modern business organization….
There are so many ways a team can go wrong. Does your team make decisions so slowly that nothing ever gets done, or does it go too fast and miss critical issues that come back to bite you later? Does your team bicker endlessly…
No, I’m not talking about a 1952 Mickey Mantle card from a pack of gum. I’m talking about the moment you got your first business card. Do you remember that moment? I do. I had just finished five years in graduate school. I was…
Today I’m sharing some really exciting news. Today, my new book You First: Inspire Your Team to Grow Up, Get Along, and Get Stuff Done is out. It’s a pretty big deal for me: one part hugely exciting; one part mildly frightening. Hugely exciting…
You can change your team for the better. Tap into the value of different points of view by disagreeing about the issues in a way that promotes understanding and reduces defensiveness.