by DavidFraser | Feb 6, 2015 | Business, Change, Collaboration, Communication, Leadership, Learning, Relationship Skills
We don’t have all the answers. That’s true whether we’re on the outside of the issue looking in or on the inside looking out. The leadership team knows its business, whereas the change agent knows something useful the insiders don’t currently...
by DavidFraser | Oct 31, 2014 | Business, Change, Leadership
So you successfully steered your business through the recession—a significant achievement which no doubt took a lot of courage, determination and energy, and probably involved a fair amount of pain. You learned a great deal. You established a tight grip. You had good...
by DavidFraser | May 23, 2014 | Change, Leadership, Organizations, Systems
Which is the best way of running organisations? Answer: Neither. We need both, if we want the best results and an engaged team. Top-down for direction and accountability, bottom-up for energy and resilience and adaptability. We need to keep the two in equilibrium, and...
by DavidFraser | May 2, 2014 | Change, Leadership, Organizational Development
In program and project management, people talk about “straightening out the program,” meaning to set it on an orderly basis, with dependencies between one task and another, and resource availability in the face of constraints, properly recognised. Without that...
by DavidFraser | Apr 11, 2014 | Change, Leadership
In the dictionary it does, of course. And perhaps in real life too. Certainly the two things are closely tied up with each other. Is the need for leadership prompted by external change, or should we initiate internal change before the external world forces it upon us?...
