by DavidFraser | Oct 27, 2014 | Relationship Skills
If it’s only when people are leaving that they can tell the truth in an organisation, then we have a problem. And yet that’s often the way it seems to be. If it’s only when there’s no longer anything at stake that people can be real, then...
by DavidFraser | Oct 24, 2014 | Change, Leadership
Sometimes it’s tempting to try and hold back the process of change—we may think we are strong enough to hold it at bay. We may even be successful for a time. The trouble is… The forces of evolution will eventually become so powerful that when we finally succumb...
by DavidFraser | Oct 20, 2014 | Collaboration, Relationship Skills
Everyone seems to want autonomy at the moment—well, perhaps not quite everybody. The trouble is… Complete autonomy means no influence. If we’re serious about collaboration, we have to share power. We have to accept we won’t get our way on everything. If we want...
by DavidFraser | Oct 15, 2014 | Personal Mastery
Where is the weakest link in your process? For many of us, it’s in our capacity to complete the chunkier action steps which are needed to implement what we agreed at an initial meeting. Not so easy to get these done when existing tasks are pressing. Sometimes it helps...
by DavidFraser | Oct 13, 2014 | Relationship Skills
It’s remarkable how damaging it is to a relationship when we have to drag information out of someone—when we sense we aren’t being told everything and our time may be being wasted because we’re trying to solve a problem without all the facts. Arguably, this was a...
