by DavidFraser | Sep 15, 2014 | Change, Influence, Relationship Skills
If Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness can become best buddies, surely just about anyone can be reconciled… It seems to me Ian Paisley is an interesting example of how changing yourself changes the system—the world around you—especially if you are known to a lot...
by DavidFraser | Sep 12, 2014 | Change, Leadership
When we set out to work on an issue on a large scale, it would be handy if we could discern the specific impact of our actions. It would be useful it we could determine how much of what we see changing around us is caused by what we ourselves are doing? That way we...
by DavidFraser | Sep 8, 2014 | Uncategorized
Delighted to have launched a new series of workshops at the invitation of Glasgow Chamber of Commerce, focusing on board level skills. We’ve picked two topics to begin with: Mastering … … Effective Board Meetings and Mastering … … Facilitating...
by DavidFraser | Sep 8, 2014 | Relationship Skills
Sometimes it surprises us that people don’t do things we think they should take action on, to do with other people particularly (or anything really); even things they’ve agreed to do. Why is that? I think there’s quite a simple explanation… People don’t take...
by DavidFraser | Sep 3, 2014 | Personal Mastery
We’re very mindful of minimising our use of tangible commodities—like paper, for example. So much so, that it’s a kind of obsession. It’s important to conserve scarce resources—of course, it is. We do need to live in a sustainable way. Sometimes though… In...
