by DavidFraser | Dec 8, 2011 | Change, Current Affairs, Leadership, Organizational Learning, World Affairs
In closing, the host feels it necessary to say that he does “real work” too and not all his time can be spent leading on the issue of the meeting – one of the really big challenges of our time. Doesn’t that strike you as curious? How come we...
by DavidFraser | Dec 5, 2011 | Learning, Personal Mastery, Relationship Skills
Frank isn’t interested in speaking to the man on my right. He’s not Frank’s type. He doesn’t seem relevant; he has a very different life. It doesn’t seem like he has anything that Frank needs; and Frank’s resources may not be relevant to him either. Don’t we so often...
by DavidFraser | Nov 21, 2011 | Leadership, NLP, Personal Mastery, Relationship Skills
…and respond to them too, including the ones you say to yourself. This might seem like an arcane linguistic curiosity. The truth is it’s both highly practical and a very big deal. Loosely speaking, an “embedded command” is a part of a sentence which if taken on...
by DavidFraser | Nov 14, 2011 | Learning, Personal Mastery, Relationship Skills
“Send us your top ten tips,” they say, following the ever-popular way to introduce someone’s work. This presents a dilemma… Just go along with the request and supply a list of useful, but rather shallow ideas, and be complicit in a state of impatient ignorance?...
by DavidFraser | Oct 24, 2011 | Collaboration, Leadership, Organizational Learning, Organizations, Personal Mastery, Relationship Skills
One inevitably leads to the other, or should… Mark is fighting his corner well. Back and forth goes the debate. Mark concedes little. He comes away with most of what he wants. All are tired out and the other side have doubts about engaging with him again. Even...
