by DavidFraser | Mar 11, 2015 | Leadership, Personal Mastery
Sometimes it seems that other people have special talents—talents we can’t match. There may be some truth in that in some cases. More often… The difference is just that they’ve developed tremendous clarity in what they are about. And because...
by DavidFraser | Feb 24, 2015 | Leadership, Relationship Skills, Systems
I don’t mean are you causing the problem: I mean are you engaged with it; or engaged with the people who are dealing with it? If not, you probably won’t have much impact. If you’re dissociated from the problem or the people, chances are you...
by DavidFraser | Feb 20, 2015 | Change, Leadership, Wisdom
Traditionally, we said “at the pace of the slowest man.” Nowadays, we’d say “person,” of course. In times of change, is that really right? Do we need to go at the speed of the team as a whole? Change does take time. We can accelerate it by providing suitable...
by DavidFraser | Feb 16, 2015 | Leadership, Relationship Skills
It’s tempting, if we have a point to put across, to be rather full-on about it; to give the other person “the benefit of our wisdom” in short order, in the hope perhaps that the very energy and pace of what we say will convince the other person...
by DavidFraser | Feb 6, 2015 | Business, Change, Collaboration, Communication, Leadership, Learning, Relationship Skills
We don’t have all the answers. That’s true whether we’re on the outside of the issue looking in or on the inside looking out. The leadership team knows its business, whereas the change agent knows something useful the insiders don’t currently...
by DavidFraser | Jan 30, 2015 | Change, Leadership
They say the way we do anything is the way we do everything. When it comes to leadership and management, we tend to lead and manage in a paradigm dictated by our professional or vocational expertise—our worldview, if you like. For example… Scientists manage...
