by DavidFraser | Jun 17, 2013 | Change, Leadership, Organizational Learning, Systems
I hadn’t thought of it quite like this before… We’re used to the idea that bigger organisations tend to have more inertia than smaller ones. All other things being equal, it’s harder to turn a supertanker than a speedboat. The thing is, there...
by DavidFraser | Jun 9, 2013 | Change, Leadership, Relationship Skills
…everything else doesn’t matter. We know the benefit of clarity well enough: Getting clear about what matters in a relationship of any kind, or any other context, means we can focus our energies in the most effective way. Once we’ve decided what’s most...
by DavidFraser | May 24, 2013 | Change, Personal Mastery, Wisdom
Sometimes we react strongly against something someone else says. Or we see other people being surprisingly critical and dismissive of what seems pretty innocuous but useful information. The very strength of the reaction might be telling us something. We tend to push...
by DavidFraser | May 17, 2013 | Change, Leadership, Organizations
It’s so often the way, isn’t it? Somebody you’re in touch with really sees the change you can help them make in their business. The trouble is… The person who most needs to change is someone else in the organisation, quite probably somebody...
by DavidFraser | May 15, 2013 | Change, Personal Mastery
Before we can create something in reality, we must create it in our mind. So developing a personal vision is a vital step in achieving something that didn’t exist before. How clear and detailed does our vision need to be? Clear and detailed enough that if it showed...
by DavidFraser | May 10, 2013 | Change, Leadership, Learning, Wisdom
We’re so accustomed to ever-present change and the need to lead ourselves and others through challenging times, we’re inclined to think leadership itself is a changing field. I am anyway, or I was. Actually, of course, it’s really the one constant… I mean...
