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In this episode, we hear from bestselling author and speaker Dr. Liane Davey. Dr. Davey is known as the “teamwork doctor,” and her specialty is helping high-performing teams understand their conflicts better, and tackle those conflicts head-on.
You’ll leave with a solid understanding of different kinds of tension at the workplace, team dynamics, and how conflict can actually be productive.
Celeste Headlee
Celeste Headlee is a communication and human nature expert, and an award-winning journalist. She is a professional speaker, and also the author of Speaking of Race: Why Everybody Needs to Talk About Racism—and How to Do It, Do Nothing, Heard Mentality, and We Need to Talk. In her twenty-year career in public radio, she has been the executive producer of On Second Thought at Georgia Public Radio, and anchored programs including Tell Me More, Talk of the Nation, All Things Considered, and Weekend Edition. She also served as cohost of the national morning news show The Takeaway from PRI and WNYC, and anchored presidential coverage in 2012 for PBS World Channel. Headlee’s TEDx talk sharing ten ways to have a better conversation has over twenty million total views to date.
Liane Davey
Dr. Liane Davey, “the teamwork doctor,” is a speaker, bestselling author, and expert in high-performing teams. Her mission is to transform the way people communicate, connect, and contribute, and, using her expertise in strategy and group dynamics, she delivers the perfect combination of education and entertainment that leaders and teams need to make an immediate impact on their organizations. She is author of the New York Times bestseller You First: Inspire Your Team to Grow Up, Get Along, and Get Stuff Done, and her upcoming book, Thoughtload: Manage the Madness and Free Your Team to Do Great Work is out in May 2026.
