by DavidFraser | Nov 29, 2019 | Leadership, Organizational Development
Management involves the skilful exercise of formal authority derived from appointment to a position of power. Leadership, on the other hand, rests on the ability to influence people, often through commitment to a worthy aim. Managers are appointed, leaders choose...
by DavidFraser | Jan 30, 2017 | Leadership, Organizational Development, Organizational Learning, Relationship Skills
Does delegation mostly go up or down your organisation? Seriously. The art of effective delegation is perhaps the poor relation of management and leadership practice—not very exciting to study—but nevertheless very important. So often, I meet leaders or even whole...
by DavidFraser | May 20, 2016 | Leadership, Organizational Development, Organizations, Systems
It’s a curious thing… People can be remarkably resistant to help: I suppose we all are, depending on the subject. “Help” can take us into painful contemplation, addressing issues that we might prefer to avoid—or at least put off to another time. Perhaps that’s...
by DavidFraser | Dec 22, 2014 | Business, Communication, Leadership, Organizational Development, Organizational Learning, Personal Mastery, Relationship Skills
There’s no such thing as the right question, of course, but some enquiries contribute more to moving things on than others. It’s worth thinking about… What’s your intention when you ask a question – helping things along in the direction...
by DavidFraser | May 2, 2014 | Change, Leadership, Organizational Development
In program and project management, people talk about “straightening out the program,” meaning to set it on an orderly basis, with dependencies between one task and another, and resource availability in the face of constraints, properly recognised. Without that...
