by DavidFraser | Aug 26, 2013 | Leadership, Relationship Skills, Wisdom
You can only either lead or follow at any given time. So says conventional wisdom. You have to choose: Follow for a while to build connection; then perhaps lead to achieve an outcome. The issue then is have you built enough connection for the influence you hope to...
by DavidFraser | Aug 7, 2013 | Change, Leadership, Personal Mastery, Wisdom
It’s a big step to believe that what we experience “out there” is a reflection of what we have “in here.” Such a big step, that the implications continue to dawn on us throughout our lives even after we’ve accepted the basic...
by DavidFraser | Aug 2, 2013 | Change, Leadership, Personal Mastery, Wisdom
Sometimes they creep up on us… New options, that is. We don’t notice at first. We’re so busy working on our current options—well, actually, our old options—that we don’t notice new ones have opened up. I know I’ve done this—kept going with something that’s no...
by DavidFraser | Jun 28, 2013 | Change, Leadership, Learning, Wisdom
We won’t achieve change in an organisation or in the world at large until we put our own house in order, whatever that may exactly entail. Our personal change work may well have a different form from what we perceive needs to happen in an organisation. On the other...
by DavidFraser | Jun 12, 2013 | Personal Mastery, Wisdom
That might seem a strange question, but think about it: Do you resist the learning which comes from your influences? Actually, I think, most of us do. Because influence means change, and change means discomfort for our ego, we tend to push back on ideas that...
by DavidFraser | May 24, 2013 | Change, Personal Mastery, Wisdom
Sometimes we react strongly against something someone else says. Or we see other people being surprisingly critical and dismissive of what seems pretty innocuous but useful information. The very strength of the reaction might be telling us something. We tend to push...
