by DavidFraser | Jan 30, 2017 | Leadership, Organizational Development, Organizational Learning, Relationship Skills
Does delegation mostly go up or down your organisation? Seriously. The art of effective delegation is perhaps the poor relation of management and leadership practice—not very exciting to study—but nevertheless very important. So often, I meet leaders or even whole...
by DavidFraser | Oct 10, 2016 | Leadership, Relationship Skills
Of course, it’s good to make up our own mind about whether something we’re doing is right or not. Nevertheless, a bit of external validation is still very welcome. We can seek it out ourselves, for our own needs. But what about other people—those we have reason to...
by DavidFraser | Oct 19, 2015 | Leadership, Relationship Skills
We’ve all experienced people who have a powerful presence, whether we’ve come across them individually ourselves or just observed them as public figures. Indeed, we may well have that quality to a degree—even a considerable degree—ourselves. Perhaps we might like to...
by DavidFraser | Apr 3, 2015 | Change, Leadership, Systems
Unlike management, which doesn’t really spread from person to person, leadership is contagious. If one person is an effective and energetic leader, those around them are likely to pick up some of the traits too. Management authority has to be arranged and people...
by DavidFraser | Feb 6, 2015 | Business, Change, Collaboration, Communication, Leadership, Learning, Relationship Skills
We don’t have all the answers. That’s true whether we’re on the outside of the issue looking in or on the inside looking out. The leadership team knows its business, whereas the change agent knows something useful the insiders don’t currently...
