by DavidFraser | Sep 19, 2012 | Leadership, Personal Mastery, Scotland
He travelled 18,297 miles round the world on a bicycle and beat his target of 195 days by 8 hours. His target was in reality an arbitrary estimate based on 100 miles per day with an allowance for unforeseen difficulties. In so doing, he smashed the previous world...
by DavidFraser | Sep 17, 2012 | Inspiration, Leadership, Relationship Skills
Author and speaker Sonia Choquette give a fabulous demonstration of giving yourself permission to be yourself and do essentially anything on stage. The 700 or so people present respond wholeheartedly. In fact, the more Sonia is herself, the more the audience responds....
by DavidFraser | Sep 14, 2012 | Leadership, Personal Mastery
The notion of the “servant leader” conveys the important idea of the leader serving the people he or she leads. That’s a useful shift in perspective from the more traditional idea of leader as master and the led serving the leader. But perhaps...
by DavidFraser | Sep 7, 2012 | Leadership, Personal Mastery
We’re probably familiar with the old expression “a shadow of her former self”, implying a temporary or even permanent decline from earlier capability and presence. But perhaps the change is in the other direction. Perhaps you are now a mere shadow of what you could...
by DavidFraser | Aug 27, 2012 | Leadership, Relationship Skills
In some relationships, being demanding is (arguably) required to achieve the highest performance—for a coach with an athlete, for a leader with a team, or for a customer with a supplier. A little discomfort may be needed for the greatest achievement. Deliver the...
by DavidFraser | Aug 10, 2012 | Change, Leadership, Personal Mastery, Wisdom
Watching interviews with Gold Medal winners and other Olympic high performers, it’s striking how most of them seem thoroughly pleasant and even ordinary people – very far from the sometime stereotype of winner as warrior. In short, they are profoundly...
