Liane Davey: Cultivating a Culture of Productive Conflict - a podcast by Aga Bajer: Culture Strategist, Writer, Coach

Meet Dr. Liane Davey, the New York Times bestselling author of You First, Inspire Your Team to Grow Up, Get Along, and Get Stuff Done; a regular contributor to the Harvard Business Review; and an organizational psychology expert for Quartz magazine.

Liane’s new book, The Good Fight: Use Productive Conflict to Get Your Team and Your Organization Back on Track, was released in March 2019, and it’s the best book I’ve read on conflict.

I loved speaking to Liane and learning how to make conflict more productive - both in our lives and in our organizations.

 

Episode Highlights

In this interview, Liane and I discuss:

• Why some of the imagery and language we use around teamwork can be misleading or even damaging
• How excessive focus on happiness in the workplace can hurt performance
• The importance of normalizing conflict in the workplace
• The origins of human beings’ aversion to conflict
• How to build a mindset that helps us engage in conflict in a constructive way
• The difference between being nice and being kind
• An exercise that you can run with your team to navigate conflict more effectively
• Why tension is necessary if you want your team to achieve great results
• What to do when someone catches you off guard and says something that you completely disagree with
• Three things that you and your team can do tomorrow to deal with conflict in a more effective way

 We hope you enjoy it!

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