by DavidFraser | Aug 14, 2013 | Leadership, Personal Mastery
It’s commonly said that a leader is best to give their team the leadership they need, rather than the leadership they want. In other words… The leader needs to be somewhat demanding at times. Otherwise, the team is inclined to be too comfortable and perform...
by DavidFraser | May 10, 2013 | Change, Leadership, Learning, Wisdom
We’re so accustomed to ever-present change and the need to lead ourselves and others through challenging times, we’re inclined to think leadership itself is a changing field. I am anyway, or I was. Actually, of course, it’s really the one constant… I mean...
by DavidFraser | Apr 29, 2013 | Communication, Leadership, Relationship Skills
The conversation seems to go round in circles. Actually, it would be more accurate to say it meanders all over the place. The participants do seem to be talking about one subject though. After all, they’re using the same words. But they’re not talking about the same...
by DavidFraser | Sep 28, 2012 | Change, Leadership, Personal Mastery
We tend to think of leadership as something we do consciously. In fact, it’s not really like that at all. After all… As ground-breaking doctor and hypno-therapist, Milton Erickson said “what you don’t realise is your life is mostly...
by DavidFraser | May 14, 2012 | Communication, Relationship Skills
… and what to do about it? You’ll have been there, I’m sure… The conversation waxes and wanes, ranges about, goes round and round, without anybody ever seeming to “nail” the issue. Nobody falls out, but they never quite seem to line up either. Why is that?...