by DavidFraser | Feb 3, 2023 | Leadership, Personal Mastery
What’s your habitual time unit of focus? An hour, a day, a week, a month – or more – or less? What quantum of time do you block out for a singular, intense task? Probably all intervals of time have their place, depending on what you need to get done, though, of...
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 | Aug 19, 2015 | Personal Mastery
Have you ever noticed…? If you can just faintly hear some music being played in a noisy place… If you know the piece of music, you can make it out, whereas if you don’t, you can’t. It’s just part of the noise. Or… If you know what some barely visible...
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 15, 2011 | Organizations, Personal Mastery, Relationship Skills
“Isn’t it just the human condition?” my friend remarked. We were discussing the difficulty of getting organizations to understand the problems they face and our reluctance as leaders to accept that we may be causing our own difficulties. “Yes” I replied, welcoming the...
