by DavidFraser | Jun 5, 2015 | Change, Leadership
…to have such a long process. Sometimes, we get carried away with the thoroughness of the process we put in place. Yes, we need to do a diligent job, but good enough is good enough. Arguably, that’s one lesson of Apple’s success—implementing enough features but...
by DavidFraser | Jun 3, 2015 | Leadership, Personal Mastery
Most of us struggle with it, at least at times—taking feedback that may be painful to receive. We might be rather better at giving it than receiving it. The thing is though… It’s such an important determinant of success and growth, hearing what we need to hear...
by DavidFraser | Jun 1, 2015 | Leadership, Relationship Skills
…we probably need to overcome it before anything else will work. It’s striking how often we try changing all manner of things to get the result we want, apart from the one underlying issue that’s actually stopping us succeeding. Why is that? Sometimes, some...
by DavidFraser | May 18, 2015 | Leadership, Organizations, Relationship Skills
…let them speak. It’s quite simple really. The days of talking at an audience and expecting them to take much of it on board are gone. Expectations have changed: People want a conversation. They want to be heard as well as to hear. Sometimes we fear initiating a...
by DavidFraser | May 1, 2015 | Change, Leadership, Systems
We need to get people’s attention from time to time… We may well need them to accommodate what we need done, or what they need to do to give effect to what we’re offering them. If we expect them to drop everything though, it probably isn’t going to happen. I’ve...
by DavidFraser | Apr 29, 2015 | Leadership, Personal Mastery
Start really, really small. Sometimes, it’s difficult to get moving. For whatever reason, we’ve become stationary. Perhaps we’ve been away and everything has ground to a halt in the interim. The scale of what we need to accomplish—what we need to get...
