by DavidFraser | Aug 14, 2013 | Leadership, Personal Mastery
It’s commonly said that a leader is best to give their team the leadership they need, rather than the leadership they want. In other words… The leader needs to be somewhat demanding at times. Otherwise, the team is inclined to be too comfortable and perform...
by DavidFraser | Aug 9, 2013 | Business, Change, Leadership, Marketing
Maybe there’s something we’re missing… It’s healthy to believe we can replicate others’ success in leading change, or in achieving business results. We can, and the approach is a good one. But there is something we need to remember…...
by DavidFraser | Aug 7, 2013 | Change, Leadership, Personal Mastery, Wisdom
It’s a big step to believe that what we experience “out there” is a reflection of what we have “in here.” Such a big step, that the implications continue to dawn on us throughout our lives even after we’ve accepted the basic...
by DavidFraser | Aug 2, 2013 | Change, Leadership, Personal Mastery, Wisdom
Sometimes they creep up on us… New options, that is. We don’t notice at first. We’re so busy working on our current options—well, actually, our old options—that we don’t notice new ones have opened up. I know I’ve done this—kept going with something that’s no...
by DavidFraser | Jul 29, 2013 | Leadership, Personal Mastery, Relationship Skills
Sometimes it feels like we’re actors in a drama, just showing up on stage and saying our lines. We’re creatures of habit. We repeat the same patterns over and over, unconsciously for the most part. That’s also true of our interactions with other...
by DavidFraser | Jul 27, 2013 | Change, Leadership, Organizations
We seem to live in divergent times… On the one hand, corporate organisations are becoming more procedural, more numbers-driven, more top-down in their approach. (That’s a generalisation of course, and perhaps not even an accurate one, and there are certainly...