by DavidFraser | Nov 14, 2014 | Change, Leadership
It takes a certain intensity to make something different happen. Merely exposing people to new ideas probably isn’t going to be enough if the hoped-for change is in any way an uncomfortable or unfamiliar one—the issue could be out of conscious awareness apart from...
by DavidFraser | Nov 12, 2014 | Personal Mastery
There’s a reason why the classics are the classics – they’re good stuff. We tend to favour the modern – and yes, we do need progressive ideas – but for some questions, the answers were plain 2,500 years ago. And often, there’s less clutter....
by DavidFraser | Nov 10, 2014 | Relationship Skills
Events of last week—featuring, in particular, some troubles my son is having with another boy on his school bus—showed just how important it is to discern accurately who is best-placed to take which action: Us as parents, the bus driver, the parents of the other boy,...
by DavidFraser | Nov 5, 2014 | Personal Mastery
You may be familiar with the idea of having a vision for other people—other people you work with, individuals you lead or coach, either formally or informally, or perhaps family members. That vision is your guiding image of how they could be or who they could...
by DavidFraser | Nov 3, 2014 | Relationship Skills
We’re accustomed to making sure we don’t send mixed messages… As long as we don’t actually say anything contradictory, people around us won’t be confused and will instead move forward on the basis of what they hear us say. So the thinking goes. Unfortunately,...
