by DavidFraser | Feb 24, 2015 | Leadership, Relationship Skills, Systems
I don’t mean are you causing the problem: I mean are you engaged with it; or engaged with the people who are dealing with it? If not, you probably won’t have much impact. If you’re dissociated from the problem or the people, chances are you...
by DavidFraser | Feb 20, 2015 | Change, Leadership, Wisdom
Traditionally, we said “at the pace of the slowest man.” Nowadays, we’d say “person,” of course. In times of change, is that really right? Do we need to go at the speed of the team as a whole? Change does take time. We can accelerate it by providing suitable...
by DavidFraser | Feb 16, 2015 | Leadership, Relationship Skills
It’s tempting, if we have a point to put across, to be rather full-on about it; to give the other person “the benefit of our wisdom” in short order, in the hope perhaps that the very energy and pace of what we say will convince the other person...
by DavidFraser | Feb 11, 2015 | Personal Mastery
Then you might find this helpful… This isn’t my idea at all and, in fact, I’m a student of it. The philosophy is Jim Benson’s and Tonianne DeMaria Barry’s and it’s written up in their book “Personal Kanban.” See...
by DavidFraser | Feb 9, 2015 | Relationship Skills
Quite often, it seems, we don’t know the impact we’re having. We decide we need to make a point or express our dissatisfaction with something. Expecting that our message may not be received, we tend to transmit at full volume. That could be far more than is necessary,...
