by DavidFraser | Nov 13, 2017 | Leadership
We all like a bit of freedom—the chance to act on our own initiative. Much of the time that’s a good thing. Recently, however, I’ve been noticing just how much energy can be wasted if everyone is pulling in different directions in an organisation, even if they’re...
by DavidFraser | Jun 10, 2015 | Leadership, Personal Mastery
A building is a building is a building, right? Or is it? What makes the difference between a physical, inert, very tangible building and a much more intangible, somehow vibrant and stimulating “space?” Some of the answer will be to do with the objects you have in the...
by DavidFraser | Dec 10, 2014 | Personal Mastery
We spend a lot of time thinking about how to change things around us; how to change our organisation and the people in it. That’s a lot of work. We tend to encounter resistance and often it takes a great deal of energy to make progress. The reality is… Sometimes...
by DavidFraser | Oct 31, 2014 | Business, Change, Leadership
So you successfully steered your business through the recession—a significant achievement which no doubt took a lot of courage, determination and energy, and probably involved a fair amount of pain. You learned a great deal. You established a tight grip. You had good...
by DavidFraser | Jun 12, 2014 | Leadership, Personal Mastery
A reminder of something simple and perhaps basic but really important, which has certainly helped me… To succeed, yes, we need a vision and a purpose and goals and priorities and all that. But when we’re stuck; when we’re down, we sometimes can’t do any of it....
