by DavidFraser | Jun 9, 2013 | Change, Leadership, Relationship Skills
…everything else doesn’t matter. We know the benefit of clarity well enough: Getting clear about what matters in a relationship of any kind, or any other context, means we can focus our energies in the most effective way. Once we’ve decided what’s most...
by DavidFraser | Jun 3, 2013 | Leadership, Relationship Skills
An organisation wonders if it has a particular problem with stress—more than is typical… I ask whether the employees believe management cares about them, really wondering to what degree that is true. The response “Oh no, we wouldn’t want that” was so striking to...
by DavidFraser | May 29, 2013 | Business, Influence, Leadership, Personal Mastery
Focus, focus, focus—the key to having an impact, making progress, gaining traction. But what if you don’t really know what works, or don’t know yet? If you’re doing something new, you’re very unlikely to get it right first time. If you had enough knowledge to hit the...
by DavidFraser | May 24, 2013 | Change, Personal Mastery, Wisdom
Sometimes we react strongly against something someone else says. Or we see other people being surprisingly critical and dismissive of what seems pretty innocuous but useful information. The very strength of the reaction might be telling us something. We tend to push...
by DavidFraser | May 22, 2013 | Personal Mastery, Relationship Skills, Wisdom
It’s often said that someone is “quiet’, meaning that either they aren’t saying much in the moment, or don’t say much in general. At least, that’s what it appears to mean. In the first instance, the implication is that their...
