by DavidFraser | Jan 19, 2015 | Change, Leadership, Relationship Skills
It all depends on your perspective of course… Who’s at arms length from who? We might feel more secure keeping uncomfortable (but needed) influences at arm’s length. The thing is… It’s tempting to keep people at that distance; to not let...
by DavidFraser | Jan 9, 2015 | Change, Leadership
We tend to be most comfortable working in the centre ground of our expertise—where we’re really pretty sure of our ground. Actually… That may not be what’s most useful to people, or to us. That may not be where we make the most difference, or learnt the most....
by DavidFraser | Jan 7, 2015 | Change, Personal Mastery
We tend to favour consistency. We act in a way that aligns with who we were before. Then everything is nice and tidy. It’s not embarrassing. It might be rather ineffective, or even plain wrong, but it’s not embarrassing to carry on in the same groove. We do all this...
by DavidFraser | Jan 5, 2015 | Change, Relationship Skills
We know new insights come to us when we look at things afresh. But it’s remarkably difficult to do that properly. Our minds get very comfortable with a particular way of looking at things, and of looking at people. That’s my experience anyway… Just...
by DavidFraser | Dec 12, 2014 | Change, Leadership
Working with leadership teams, it’s usually the boss who has the most to think about and the most change work to do. They are the main driving force in the company after all. But as well as that… Sometimes there’s someone in the team or the group who, for...
by DavidFraser | Dec 5, 2014 | Change, Leadership
I often see business owners and managers struggling to secure reasonable performance from certain of their employees – one or two members of staff who, for some reason, aren’t effective. Cases where it’s not a skills issue, more of an attitude...
