by DavidFraser | Jan 31, 2014 | Change, Leadership
If not, maybe it’s time you were. As an engineer myself, this has been a difficult transition… You see, engineers don’t really do stories. But I have learned (eventually) that if you want to stimulate change in others, the best way to engage them is...
by DavidFraser | Jan 29, 2014 | Leadership, Personal Mastery
…or hear what’s said in our presence? Particularly when we’re challenged by a situation, it seems we focus quite a bit on our thinking about the problem. That seems natural. And yet… It tends to mean we stop paying full attention to the...
by DavidFraser | Jan 27, 2014 | Leadership, Relationship Skills
It’s a trap we might fall into… If we have management responsibility for someone, we probably feel we are expected to make their change and growth happen. But hang on… We know the way human psychology works, if any change is going to happen, it needs...
by DavidFraser | Jan 21, 2014 | Change, Leadership, Relationship Skills
Fear is an inhibitor, for the most part—an inhibitor of evolution and innovation. Sure, sometimes a bit of a fright helps us get moving, but if we’re too scared to take risks, we can’t develop. So… If fear is part of the climate you create, you might...
by DavidFraser | Jan 13, 2014 | Leadership, Relationship Skills, Systems
The people are fine, mostly. It’s the systems and processes that are the problem. Last week my faith was to a degree restored in a large financial institution. That’s after an unnecessarily bruising experience at the hands of its automated procedures. Strange how so...
by DavidFraser | Jan 10, 2014 | Change, Leadership
It’s worth being clear… With a group of people engaged in change, is your commitment to a process or to a specific outcome? If you feel you need to achieve a certain outcome, then fair enough, go for it to the best of your ability: Make your best case; listen...
