by DavidFraser | Dec 23, 2013 | Leadership, Relationship Skills
If you want to be in control, you’ll need to be smart. The more you want to be in the driving seat of the relationship, the harder it’ll be for the other party to bring their thinking, their knowledge and their ideas to bear on the issue at hand. And that means… It’ll...
by DavidFraser | Dec 10, 2013 | Change, Inspiration, Leadership, Relationship Skills
There are so many lessons to draw from Nelson Mandela’s life and example. Here’s three I have… It is possible to change the world (or something less) if it matters enough and there are no limits to the sacrifices we are prepared to make. In other words, to quote...
by DavidFraser | Dec 6, 2013 | Change, Leadership, Systems
People on the outside of an organization have the freedom and perspective to see and articulate what’s going on in the inside. They’re not part of the system; they’re not constrained by the responsibilities of office; they’re not invested in the status quo. If wise,...
by DavidFraser | Dec 3, 2013 | Leadership, Personal Mastery, Relationship Skills
For some time I have been puzzled about this… When is it best to seek to lead and when is it best to follow? That’s an important choice to make in any situation, or so it appears. But here’s the thing… When people are really “in the zone” together, for...
by DavidFraser | Nov 20, 2013 | Leadership, Personal Mastery
It’s tempting to try and reconcile things. It resolves that cognitive dissonance that so bothers us. We prefer to eliminate tension, and so we should when we can. It’s good to reduce differences or apparent differences. But sometimes… The division is...
by DavidFraser | Nov 15, 2013 | Change, Leadership
You’d imagine that a big difference between the status quo and a desired alternative, the faster change would be. That might be true in a crisis. Might be. The rest of the time it probably isn’t. Strangely perhaps, a small gap between where somebody is at...
