by DavidFraser | Aug 26, 2013 | Leadership, Relationship Skills, Wisdom
You can only either lead or follow at any given time. So says conventional wisdom. You have to choose: Follow for a while to build connection; then perhaps lead to achieve an outcome. The issue then is have you built enough connection for the influence you hope to...
by DavidFraser | Aug 23, 2013 | Change, Leadership
It’s good to focus—in fact, essential if we want to be effective and get something done. Agreed. But sometimes we need to focus on the whole, not just a part. And that’s often our problem. We narrow our vision to something we think we can work on; something we...
by DavidFraser | Aug 21, 2013 | Leadership, Personal Mastery
Of course you do, is your likely first reaction. But do you? Do we? Do we want the transformational insight? Do we want the bigger ideas? Do we want the deeper learning? Do we want the good stuff? Or would we rather increment forward from where are now, instead of...
by DavidFraser | Aug 14, 2013 | Leadership, Personal Mastery
It’s commonly said that a leader is best to give their team the leadership they need, rather than the leadership they want. In other words… The leader needs to be somewhat demanding at times. Otherwise, the team is inclined to be too comfortable and perform...
by DavidFraser | Aug 11, 2013 | Relationship Skills
We come up with all sorts of elaborate ways to engage with our world, but really whatever you are working on, however big or small, it almost always comes down to this… …relating effectively to the person in front of you. Even a group situation is a set of...
