by DavidFraser | May 16, 2012 | Personal Mastery, Wisdom
As we look at our role models, it’s easy to notice the pieces of their capability that we don’t have, or don’t have yet. Not so obvious in the picture—in fact, not visible at all—is what we have that they don’t. And it may be at least as much. Taken overall… We...
by DavidFraser | May 14, 2012 | Communication, Relationship Skills
… and what to do about it? You’ll have been there, I’m sure… The conversation waxes and wanes, ranges about, goes round and round, without anybody ever seeming to “nail” the issue. Nobody falls out, but they never quite seem to line up either. Why is that?...
by DavidFraser | May 11, 2012 | Relationship Skills
In three words—system and structure—though that’s perhaps not for everyone. My apparent shift from engineering to relationships seems to fascinate. The typical introduction goes like this: “He is an engineer by profession but/however/though/and (delete according to...
by DavidFraser | May 2, 2012 | Leadership, Organizational Learning, Personal Mastery, Systems
The meeting starts in the late afternoon—to prepare for the big one the following day. The purpose is to “spin” the numbers to get the outcome we want in the meeting tomorrow; to construct an argument based on the data to influence the other side; to get them to agree...
by DavidFraser | May 1, 2012 | Personal Mastery, Relationship Skills, Wisdom
It’s seems a clever idea – switching off the date stamp on your blog posts. That way you can tweet about them later and readers won’t realize they’re not new. Well, most of them won’t… The audience respond appreciatively to this...
