by DavidFraser | Mar 22, 2013 | Change, Leadership, Wisdom
Or you could say, “How congruent?” Let’s focus on the individual first… A congruent person is one whose behaviour is a consistent reflection of their values and beliefs, and their sense of identity. Some of these values and beliefs may be in tension with each...
by DavidFraser | Mar 20, 2013 | Personal Mastery, Wisdom
It’s a conditioned reaction… Anything nebulous, intangible and “irrational” we want to fit into familiar tangible, rational and logical processes, usually in the form of paperwork or information on a screen. Then we can process the result, and we can share it...
by DavidFraser | Mar 17, 2013 | Organizations, Project management, Relationship Skills
It’s likely you’ll have an immediate response to that question. But is it actually so simple? And is your response the same as everyone else’s? From the opposite perspective, we could equally ask, “Does a close relationship help or hinder cost-effective procurement?”...
by DavidFraser | Mar 10, 2013 | Change, Relationship Skills
Probably, yes. It seems we’re conditioned to expect complicated answers to problems. And yet, when it comes to issues relating to other people, it’s often the simple things that make the difference—sometimes so simple they seem hard to get hold of at all, almost not...
by DavidFraser | Mar 8, 2013 | Change, Leadership, Wisdom
How do you keep it going? How do you build your earnings to sustain what you are doing without compromising your leadership “mission” (if that’s the right word)? If you’re not careful, you end up contracted to deliver something that’s at...