by DavidFraser | Feb 10, 2023 | Communication, Leadership, Learning
A series of well-informed and insightful speakers with some Q&A can make for a great event. An even better one might involve getting the “audience” to do some of the talking. Usually, the assembled company are well-informed and insightful too, if not perhaps quite...
by DavidFraser | Feb 8, 2023 | Leadership, Learning, Relationship Skills, Wisdom
I’m not the first to say this, I know, but it’s worth repeating: We gain from learning to understand more about how people interact. Many of us are never really taught this – certainly not in any systematic way. This gap – and opportunity – is especially true in...
by DavidFraser | Feb 3, 2023 | Leadership, Personal Mastery
What’s your habitual time unit of focus? An hour, a day, a week, a month – or more – or less? What quantum of time do you block out for a singular, intense task? Probably all intervals of time have their place, depending on what you need to get done, though, of...
by DavidFraser | Nov 30, 2020 | Leadership
How effective is your time management, especially when it comes to big, difficult, daunting goals? Checklist and fresh insights available One step at a time – we know that’s the way to get something big done. But is that all there is to it? For something practical, I...
by DavidFraser | Nov 29, 2019 | Leadership, Organizational Development
Management involves the skilful exercise of formal authority derived from appointment to a position of power. Leadership, on the other hand, rests on the ability to influence people, often through commitment to a worthy aim. Managers are appointed, leaders choose...
by DavidFraser | Nov 5, 2019 | Business, Change, Leadership
Up and coming managers and leaders need to see the gaps in their approach. In the old saying, what got them where they are today won’t get them where they need to be tomorrow. In fact, they might even need to unlearn some things that have seemed central to their way...