by DavidFraser | Dec 23, 2013 | Leadership, Relationship Skills
If you want to be in control, you’ll need to be smart. The more you want to be in the driving seat of the relationship, the harder it’ll be for the other party to bring their thinking, their knowledge and their ideas to bear on the issue at hand. And that means… It’ll...
by DavidFraser | Dec 17, 2013 | Personal Mastery, Relationship Skills
It starts like this… I’m not that happy with the way the meeting is going. Certain things about the way the other person talks or acts, I don’t really like. At least, I don’t feel that I want to work with them or do business with them, or certainly not yet. So,...
by DavidFraser | Dec 10, 2013 | Change, Inspiration, Leadership, Relationship Skills
There are so many lessons to draw from Nelson Mandela’s life and example. Here’s three I have… It is possible to change the world (or something less) if it matters enough and there are no limits to the sacrifices we are prepared to make. In other words, to quote...
by DavidFraser | Dec 6, 2013 | Change, Leadership, Systems
People on the outside of an organization have the freedom and perspective to see and articulate what’s going on in the inside. They’re not part of the system; they’re not constrained by the responsibilities of office; they’re not invested in the status quo. If wise,...
by DavidFraser | Dec 4, 2013 | Personal Mastery
He says there’s a “me, them and us” attitude at his place of work. He sees two sides, but feels separate from both. Meanwhile… He sits slightly apart from the little group in our workshop and politely declines an invitation to join the main body of participants,...
