by DavidFraser | May 1, 2015 | Change, Leadership, Systems
We need to get people’s attention from time to time… We may well need them to accommodate what we need done, or what they need to do to give effect to what we’re offering them. If we expect them to drop everything though, it probably isn’t going to happen. I’ve...
by DavidFraser | Apr 24, 2015 | Change, Leadership, Systems
It’s the modern management obsession: “governance” and, to a degree, quite rightly so. We do need our organisations and our projects to be well-managed. The trouble is… Governance on its own isn’t enough to prepare an organisation for the...
by DavidFraser | Apr 3, 2015 | Change, Leadership, Systems
Unlike management, which doesn’t really spread from person to person, leadership is contagious. If one person is an effective and energetic leader, those around them are likely to pick up some of the traits too. Management authority has to be arranged and people...
by DavidFraser | Mar 27, 2015 | Change, Leadership, Systems
We tend to think that big change requires brute force and large, broad strokes. Maybe not… Sometimes, the bigger the change required, the more delicate the approach needs to be—the more finely attuned is the effort that will succeed. It’s a bit like...
by DavidFraser | Mar 23, 2015 | Leadership, Relationship Skills, Systems
How is it that it makes such a difference if we make sure people feel included? I understand the explanation to be a deep-seated part of our nature—the need to belong to a group to survive—literally. In earlier times, if we became separated from the group, we would be...
by DavidFraser | Mar 20, 2015 | Change, Leadership, Organizational Learning, Systems
The short answer is ego. Organisations, teams, and individuals (including ourselves) have a habit of claiming to operate according to a set of theories that apply to our work. With the best of intentions, we set out to do our business based on a set of assumptions we...
