by DavidFraser | Mar 25, 2013 | Change, Relationship Skills, Wisdom
We don’t laugh at the majority, because the majority has power. And we don’t laugh at power, because it’s dangerous. It might throw us out. But we do laugh at minorities, because minorities are weak. And we do laugh at weakness because it’s...
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 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...
by DavidFraser | Feb 8, 2013 | Change, Leadership, Learning
Occasionally you learn something truly new and advance the field in some way. It feels like a tiny step to you—one you hardly think worthy of the name. And yet… For the rest of us, getting to that new layer you’ve added on top on an existing body of knowledge is...
by DavidFraser | Feb 1, 2013 | Change, Communication, Leadership, Organizational Learning, Systems
“Culture change program” “Public sector reform” “Get well program” We hear these phrases all the time. We might even use them ourselves. But there’s a problem… Using language like this, the hearers need to accept that what they were doing yesterday was wrong....
