The Teamwork Doctor: Unlock Performance From Any Seat at the Table with Liane Davey

How Can I help you? Want prospects to become customers and passers-by to become fans? Sign up for Behavior Blueprint, my FREE 7-day email course. In this episode of the Legend Effect Podcast, host Howie Chan interviews Dr. Liane Davey, also known as the team doctor. She's the one companies call when teams start breaking down, falling sick, and going off the deep end. They delve into what makes a team work well, why yours might be going sideways, and what you can do to change your team from any seat at the table. The discussion emphasizes that you will only change your team if you're willing to change yourself first. Liane provides some powerful frameworks that will allow you to build solid trust with others, speak truth to power and handle conflict with your boss, understand the types of toxic teams out there and how you can best change them. She also provides tips on how to deal with tension and friction within a team and a question that stops conflict in its tracks. Episode Breakdown: 04:38 Liane's badass parents and their influence on her 07:37 Finding the courage to be fully Liane in public 11:33 The counterintuitive fact that trust and connection come from vulnerability 14:44 The magic pairing: vulnerability and accountability 16:59 The 4 layers of trust and how you're probably eroding it 20:12 Building trust within complex team dynamics 22:19 The difference between a team and a community 26:19 The concept of Thought Load and how we need to protect ourselves from it 29:30 The 6 toxic team archetypes 33:22 How you can change your team from any seat at the table 36:52 Conflict debt, and Liane's journey with conflict at work 40:51 How to handle conflict with your boss and  change the trajectory of your team 46:34 Why we suck at working together and the value of getting good at it 51:00 Tips for dealing with tension and friction within a team 56:51 The truth about stoicism and accountability (they're not what you think) 59:31 The question that stops conflict in its tracks 1:03:14 A letter to Liane Davey’s younger self From Our Guest: Website LinkedIn Youtube X Facebook Get the book, The Good Fight, and You First. Watch Liane's video, How To Handle Conflict With Your Boss (Step by Step). Produced by Ideablossoms. Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.