by DavidFraser | Feb 8, 2023 | Leadership, Learning, Relationship Skills, Wisdom
I’m not the first to say this, I know, but it’s worth repeating: We gain from learning to understand more about how people interact. Many of us are never really taught this – certainly not in any systematic way. This gap – and opportunity – is especially true in...
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...
by DavidFraser | Jan 27, 2015 | Relationship Skills
Sometimes it’s worth reminding ourselves of our reasons for doing something. Specifically… Why focus on relationship skills, whether in a professional or a personal context? After all, talking about the subject can seem a bit “preachy” if...
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?...
by DavidFraser | May 11, 2012 | Relationship Skills
In three words—system and structure—though that’s perhaps not for everyone. My apparent shift from engineering to relationships seems to fascinate. The typical introduction goes like this: “He is an engineer by profession but/however/though/and (delete according to...
