by DavidFraser | May 20, 2014 | Change, Leadership, Relationship Skills
You might be. Or you might be pushing away the very people you hope to attract. You see… It’s all very well setting an intention about what or who we want—and we do need to do that—but we also need to shed those pieces of ourselves that aren’t consistent with...
by DavidFraser | May 13, 2014 | Leadership, Relationship Skills
When there’s a problem, we tend to try and evolve things from how they are now. That’s natural. It’s logical to start from where we’re at. It’s the obvious thing to do. Actually though… Sometimes it works better to decide how we...
by DavidFraser | Apr 28, 2014 | Personal Mastery, Relationship Skills
I imagine you’ve had this experience… Someone keeps repeating a behaviour that causes problems for everyone else. “Why do they keep doing that?” we ask ourselves. “Why do they not see that there are going to be consequences? Why don’t they change?” The answer of...
by DavidFraser | Apr 7, 2014 | Leadership, Relationship Skills
In a world obsessed with “evidence,” what’s the place for what we call “gut feel”—that inner signal which seems to let us know whether something—or someone—is right or wrong? Many of us have been brought up to present a rational argument,...
by DavidFraser | Mar 31, 2014 | Change, Leadership, Relationship Skills
… that we probably need to keep some of the existing order too. In our conviction that something different is needed, it’s easy to fall into the trap of advocating wholesale adoption of the new, whilst completely disregarding the merits of the old....
by DavidFraser | Mar 24, 2014 | Leadership, Relationship Skills
It’s good to be accommodating. It helps make a reality of collaboration and getting a group of people working together. Sometimes though… We need to be demanding. Some roles involve directing an organisation on behalf of stakeholders of one kind and...
