by DavidFraser | Jun 4, 2014 | Leadership, Personal Mastery
We’re probably programmed to need evidence before we’ll believe something. That’s the “benefit” of a Western education. But is life really like that? For many things, especially where we have some influence over the outcome, we may be more likely to discover the...
by DavidFraser | May 26, 2014 | Leadership, Relationship Skills
There something appealing about a person who is clear about what they’re good at and what they’re not so good at. For example… Watching a film of David Ogilvy, sometimes referred to as “the Father of Advertising,” it’s striking how...
by DavidFraser | May 23, 2014 | Change, Leadership, Organizations, Systems
Which is the best way of running organisations? Answer: Neither. We need both, if we want the best results and an engaged team. Top-down for direction and accountability, bottom-up for energy and resilience and adaptability. We need to keep the two in equilibrium, and...
by DavidFraser | May 20, 2014 | Change, Leadership, Relationship Skills
You might be. Or you might be pushing away the very people you hope to attract. You see… It’s all very well setting an intention about what or who we want—and we do need to do that—but we also need to shed those pieces of ourselves that aren’t consistent with...
by DavidFraser | May 14, 2014 | Leadership, Personal Mastery
The studies show that having written goals makes all the difference to what we achieve, and the more we have to lead ourselves, the more that is probably true. But how exactly do you write them down? For years, I’ve just made a list with some dates—several pages...
by DavidFraser | May 13, 2014 | Leadership, Relationship Skills
When there’s a problem, we tend to try and evolve things from how they are now. That’s natural. It’s logical to start from where we’re at. It’s the obvious thing to do. Actually though… Sometimes it works better to decide how we...
