by DavidFraser | Aug 30, 2011 | Relationship Skills
Do you come across people who seem to think becoming more skilful at relationships will somehow undermine their power, or what they think is their power? I do. Now, we always have conflict, at least in the sense of conflict of needs and wants. As soon as you have two...
by DavidFraser | Aug 22, 2011 | Collaboration, Current Affairs, Leadership, Relationship Skills
When the going gets tough, when markets contract, when budgets decline, when promotion is rare, our instinctive response is to retreat and defend what we have. Parts of our brain that kept us alive in a more dangerous world respond vigorously to the threats we...
by DavidFraser | Aug 15, 2011 | Organizations, Personal Mastery, Relationship Skills
“Isn’t it just the human condition?” my friend remarked. We were discussing the difficulty of getting organizations to understand the problems they face and our reluctance as leaders to accept that we may be causing our own difficulties. “Yes” I replied, welcoming the...
by DavidFraser | Jul 11, 2011 | Change, Personal Mastery, Relationship Skills, Wisdom
Carol still applies for senior jobs that come up, but she’s lost count of the interviews she’s been to over the years only to be disappointed. She doesn’t tell her family anymore when she’s in the running for a new position. They can tell though. Carol’s...
by DavidFraser | Mar 13, 2011 | Personal Story, Relationship Skills
The CEO (my boss) called me into his office. The room was airless, the atmosphere tense… Hang on, I’d better explain: I’ve decided to tell the story of how I got involved in the subject of interpersonal skills, and introduce the 12 Relationship Skills for...
by DavidFraser | Jan 12, 2011 | Current Affairs, Organizations, Relationship Skills
A mistake we sometimes make is expecting people to act in a way that isn’t aligned with their interests. They won’t do that. Not ever. You hear people saying things like, “They should do such and such”. What they really mean is, “It would suit me very well if they...
