by DavidFraser | Apr 10, 2012 | Change, Communication, Leadership, Learning, Organizational Learning, People Magic, Personal Mastery, Wisdom
Progress on anything challenging typically needs a balance of head and heart perspectives; some emotional intelligence alongside the logic and rationale of the numbers and the processes. Neither on their own will be sufficient. But where to start? Where to meet the...
by DavidFraser | Feb 25, 2012 | Change, Inspiration, Leadership, Organizational Learning, Personal Mastery
I lately set up a new discussion group on LinkedIn called “Personal Mastery for the Inspirational Leader.” You can join the group here. Well, that’s not the while truth. The group began as “Personal Mastery for the Resourceful Leader”...
by DavidFraser | Sep 28, 2011 | Leadership, Organizations, Relationship Skills
The onlookers hold their breath… Frank has worked in the organization for years. He’s just queried the young, new manager’s request to undertake a task in a particular way. Frank doesn’t think it’s the most effective approach. In fact, he doubts it’ll work at...
by DavidFraser | Sep 12, 2011 | Collaboration, Leadership, Organizational Learning, Organizations, Personal Story, Relationship Skills
You’ve heard it before. You might even have said it yourself… “Training doesn’t work.” or “When I get back to the workplace, I find it very hard to apply what I’ve learned.” These can be opposite sides of the same coin – a disconnect between individual...
by DavidFraser | Aug 22, 2011 | Collaboration, Current Affairs, Leadership, Relationship Skills
When the going gets tough, when markets contract, when budgets decline, when promotion is rare, our instinctive response is to retreat and defend what we have. Parts of our brain that kept us alive in a more dangerous world respond vigorously to the threats we...
