by DavidFraser | Jan 31, 2014 | Change, Leadership
If not, maybe it’s time you were. As an engineer myself, this has been a difficult transition… You see, engineers don’t really do stories. But I have learned (eventually) that if you want to stimulate change in others, the best way to engage them is...
by DavidFraser | Jan 29, 2014 | Leadership, Personal Mastery
…or hear what’s said in our presence? Particularly when we’re challenged by a situation, it seems we focus quite a bit on our thinking about the problem. That seems natural. And yet… It tends to mean we stop paying full attention to the...
by DavidFraser | Jan 21, 2014 | Change, Leadership, Relationship Skills
Fear is an inhibitor, for the most part—an inhibitor of evolution and innovation. Sure, sometimes a bit of a fright helps us get moving, but if we’re too scared to take risks, we can’t develop. So… If fear is part of the climate you create, you might...
by DavidFraser | Jan 13, 2014 | Leadership, Relationship Skills, Systems
The people are fine, mostly. It’s the systems and processes that are the problem. Last week my faith was to a degree restored in a large financial institution. That’s after an unnecessarily bruising experience at the hands of its automated procedures. Strange how so...
by DavidFraser | Jan 10, 2014 | Change, Leadership
It’s worth being clear… With a group of people engaged in change, is your commitment to a process or to a specific outcome? If you feel you need to achieve a certain outcome, then fair enough, go for it to the best of your ability: Make your best case; listen...
