by DavidFraser | Sep 17, 2013 | Influence, Learning, Personal Mastery, Relationship Skills
You and your unconscious. How have you been getting along lately? I’m serious. You’re like two people: One being your conscious mind, and the other that person in the background who actually runs most of your life, and your relationships with other people for that...
by DavidFraser | Jun 28, 2013 | Change, Leadership, Learning, Wisdom
We won’t achieve change in an organisation or in the world at large until we put our own house in order, whatever that may exactly entail. Our personal change work may well have a different form from what we perceive needs to happen in an organisation. On the other...
by DavidFraser | May 10, 2013 | Change, Leadership, Learning, Wisdom
We’re so accustomed to ever-present change and the need to lead ourselves and others through challenging times, we’re inclined to think leadership itself is a changing field. I am anyway, or I was. Actually, of course, it’s really the one constant… I mean...
by DavidFraser | May 1, 2013 | Leadership, Learning, Personal Mastery, Relationship Skills
Do those with the most humility have the most influence? Or is vocalising knowledge and expertise an essential part of gaining the attention required to make a difference? Often it seems that those who have learned the most have the least need to speak, whilst others...
by DavidFraser | Apr 24, 2013 | Leadership, Learning, Personal Mastery, Wisdom
We see it as all or nothing with political leaders, and others too for that matter. If there’s something we dislike about them or what they’ve done, we’re inclined to dismiss everything about them. Nice and tidy, but a mistake. Because some of what everyone does is...
by DavidFraser | Apr 22, 2013 | Leadership, Learning, Relationship Skills, Wisdom
Most of us have been brought up to seek precision; to look for clarity; the one right answer. So it seems natural to be uncomfortable with ambiguity. And yet… Sometimes ambiguity is our friend. It helps keep people together and, oddly enough, things on track. It...
