by DavidFraser | Jan 28, 2013 | Leadership, Relationship Skills, Systems, Wisdom
Do you even give yourself time to think? Culturally, in the West at least, we behave as if we’re expected to move into action quickly, and usually we are. But what if the action we take isn’t the right action? An action taken in haste is often exactly the...
by DavidFraser | Jan 22, 2013 | Leadership, Relationship Skills
We rather admire the ability of the tough negotiator; the one who secures a favorable outcome at the last minute when the other side blinks first. Perhaps that’s a component of a versatile skill set; part of the rough and tumble of public or private life,...
by DavidFraser | Jan 14, 2013 | Leadership, Learning, Relationship Skills
What would your response be then? We often feel other people have let us down in some way, or maybe they’ve let others down, or even themselves. We feel they could have done better. Maybe they could. Or maybe, actually, they couldn’t… Maybe, in fact,...
by DavidFraser | Dec 23, 2012 | Communication, Relationship Skills
In conversation, we commonly think the quality of a question is judged by the information gained and its usefulness to the questioner. But maybe that isn’t right… Perhaps the quality of a question really depends on how the person of whom it is asked works with...
by DavidFraser | Nov 26, 2012 | Learning, Relationship Skills, Wisdom
Some participants make sure their contributions to the meeting add something to the main thread of the dialogue. You can tell they are mindful of the main direction of the subject at hand, and see it as bigger than any of them individually. They know how to nurture...
by DavidFraser | Nov 19, 2012 | Relationship Skills, Social Media
We hear commentary that social media has a detrimental effect on ability to relate to other people—not too sure about that myself. Leaving that debate to one side, here’s another aspect… The very pervasiveness of social media, especially networks like...
