by DavidFraser | Jul 2, 2012 | Leadership, Personal Mastery, Relationship Skills
If we show vulnerability, we will attract other people and they will respond to our leadership, or so it is often said. I think it’s better to use another word: Openness. Being open is the key. Yes, vulnerability is a consequence of being open, but being open is a...
by DavidFraser | Jun 27, 2012 | Personal Mastery, Wisdom
Have you noticed? We’re blaming our handheld devices… “Please forgive the typos. I’m an innocent victim of my evil iThang. Please work out for yourself what I really meant because I haven’t got time.” And in true blaming style,...
by DavidFraser | Jun 25, 2012 | Leadership, Personal Mastery, Relationship Skills
(Please see below for an invitation to a new LinkedIn Discussion group – Change for Leaders.) It’s lunchtime. We’re in a city hotel. A single receptionist is checking in guests. No sign of a concierge. A line has formed. One in the queue has a pre-arranged...
by DavidFraser | Jun 20, 2012 | Leadership, Personal Mastery, Wisdom
We tend to think that if we align everything we do with what we want to do our results will be better simply because we’re content to be engaged actively in all the tasks. But it isn’t necessarily so easy… When we find a deeper sense of purpose, or if you like,...
by DavidFraser | Jun 17, 2012 | Communication, Leadership, People Magic, Personal Mastery, Relationship Skills, Wisdom
The host pokes a little fun at the participants. It’s part of an elaborate pattern, you might even say a ritual, in some ways intended to lighten the mood. Trouble is, those at the receiving end feel a little intimidated and may think twice about contributing to the...
by DavidFraser | Jun 13, 2012 | Leadership, Learning, Personal Mastery, Systems, Wisdom
Take a computer program: Essentially every single byte (or character in the source code) has to be right for the software to function correctly. Or think of a product development project: Pretty much all the pieces have to be correctly executed before the new product...
