by DavidFraser | Jul 13, 2012 | Leadership, Personal Mastery, Wisdom
We appreciate the value of knowing we can contact someone when things are difficult; knowing that that person will “be there” for us. What does it really take to do this? We might imagine it involves sharing the burden of the problem, and so shy away from the load. In...
by DavidFraser | Jul 6, 2012 | Change, Leadership, Organizational Learning, Wisdom
If you don’t have authority to instruct change (do you ever?), here’s a way to look at what needs to happen… 1. Build rapport with a larger and larger set of people within the entity you hope to influence. 2. Then, as you change yourself, the rapport group...
by DavidFraser | Jul 2, 2012 | Leadership, Personal Mastery, Relationship Skills
If we show vulnerability, we will attract other people and they will respond to our leadership, or so it is often said. I think it’s better to use another word: Openness. Being open is the key. Yes, vulnerability is a consequence of being open, but being open is a...
by DavidFraser | Jun 29, 2012 | Leadership, Organizations, Wisdom, World Affairs
In the West in particular, we believe in democracy, almost without thinking, but is it being abused? You see… When we elect a leader, we need them to lead, even if, in fact, we don’t like the consequences for us very much. That’s their job – to lead....
by DavidFraser | Jun 25, 2012 | Leadership, Personal Mastery, Relationship Skills
(Please see below for an invitation to a new LinkedIn Discussion group – Change for Leaders.) It’s lunchtime. We’re in a city hotel. A single receptionist is checking in guests. No sign of a concierge. A line has formed. One in the queue has a pre-arranged...
by DavidFraser | Jun 20, 2012 | Leadership, Personal Mastery, Wisdom
We tend to think that if we align everything we do with what we want to do our results will be better simply because we’re content to be engaged actively in all the tasks. But it isn’t necessarily so easy… When we find a deeper sense of purpose, or if you like,...
