by DavidFraser | Dec 8, 2014 | Leadership, Relationship Skills
It’s management. They say the best leaders are the ones who develop the most leaders, not the most followers. If we want to lead—as opposed to manage—we mustn’t control everything, because then there’s no opportunity for others to exercise their initiative and grow...
by DavidFraser | Dec 5, 2014 | Change, Leadership
I often see business owners and managers struggling to secure reasonable performance from certain of their employees – one or two members of staff who, for some reason, aren’t effective. Cases where it’s not a skills issue, more of an attitude...
by DavidFraser | Dec 1, 2014 | Relationship Skills
In what’s been said about the tragic death of Australian cricketer, Philip Hughes, the word “love” is prominent. Captain Michael Clarke, for example, wrote “I will love you forever” and many others referred to caring in the same way, both about the man and their...
by DavidFraser | Nov 28, 2014 | Change, Leadership, Relationship Skills
When it comes to stimulating change in other people, how challenging can we be? How far and fast can we push? How can we best tell when we need to back off? Well, of course, it depends… It depends on the nature and quality of our relationship: Is it a...
by DavidFraser | Nov 26, 2014 | Personal Mastery
Or rather, you need to know you don’t know. And you need your team to know you don’t know and want their help. How else can they know they need to look out for missing information? They need to know that you will welcome them saying you might have...