by DavidFraser | Oct 31, 2012 | Change, Personal Mastery, Wisdom
Sometimes coaching or consultancy clients comment on the depth of the work we are doing, the suggestion being that they find it unusual to be operating beneath the everyday. But the thing is… Unless we seek to understand our world at a fundamental, first...
by DavidFraser | Oct 29, 2012 | Communication, Personal Mastery, Relationship Skills
I knew it was a slip as soon as I said it… I’m sat having coffee and a catch-up with a friend. Getting a little too carried away talking about an issue with a third party, I express some annoyance. My friend on the other side of the table listens...
by DavidFraser | Oct 24, 2012 | Leadership, Learning, Personal Mastery, Wisdom
Helping a client work through an issue, it occurs to me, not the first time, that I could do with answering some of my questions myself. Nothing very earth-shattering there. What is new for me is realising that a way to help ourselves get our thinking straight is to...
by DavidFraser | Oct 22, 2012 | Current Affairs, Personal Mastery, Relationship Skills
An interesting lesson highlighted in UK politics this week… UK Government Chief Whip Andrew Mitchell finally resigned after being abusive to a policeman on security duty in Downing Street (outside the Prime Minister’s Office) several weeks ago. Exactly what was...
by DavidFraser | Oct 19, 2012 | Leadership, Learning, Organizational Learning, Personal Mastery, Relationship Skills
Read the literature on organizational learning and you’ll find convincing descriptions of how fear or embarrassment impedes learning by individuals and teams. When something doesn’t turn out as expected, it’s a very human reaction to seek to cover up the failing—to...
