by DavidFraser | Oct 19, 2015 | Leadership, Relationship Skills
We’ve all experienced people who have a powerful presence, whether we’ve come across them individually ourselves or just observed them as public figures. Indeed, we may well have that quality to a degree—even a considerable degree—ourselves. Perhaps we might like to...
by DavidFraser | Sep 14, 2015 | Change, Leadership, Relationship Skills
…may be scarcer than the ability to generate the ideas themselves. It’s conventional to think that the ability to generate novel, practical ideas is rare. That may well be true. In fact though… The ability to get novel, practical ideas taken up and...
by DavidFraser | Aug 31, 2015 | Leadership, Relationship Skills
Transformational leadership i.e. leadership that truly brings out the best in people in a sustainable way requires presence, or rather being present. We need to be involved and connected. On the other hand… Transactional leadership that seeks to manage...
by DavidFraser | Aug 24, 2015 | Leadership, Relationship Skills, Systems
It’s conventional to admire the creator of novel work—the ground-breaking innovator. In fact, much value is added in the interpretation of new ideas for familiar situations. And that’s an art too. There’s considerable skill in sensing what a person...
by DavidFraser | Aug 10, 2015 | Leadership, Relationship Skills, Systems
It could be that I’m noticing this more for reasons that are particular to me. That said… It seems to have become more and more common for representatives of some corporate bodies and local and national government to respond to a new question or challenge...
by DavidFraser | Jul 27, 2015 | Leadership, Relationship Skills, Wisdom
Sometimes revisiting a simpler way of life reminds us of important things: Take single track roads with passing places, for example… (We have these in Scotland, especially on the islands, but maybe not in your part of the world, I know.) In case you’ve never...
