by DavidFraser | Sep 15, 2014 | Change, Influence, Relationship Skills
If Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness can become best buddies, surely just about anyone can be reconciled… It seems to me Ian Paisley is an interesting example of how changing yourself changes the system—the world around you—especially if you are known to a lot...
by DavidFraser | Sep 8, 2014 | Relationship Skills
Sometimes it surprises us that people don’t do things we think they should take action on, to do with other people particularly (or anything really); even things they’ve agreed to do. Why is that? I think there’s quite a simple explanation… People don’t take...
by DavidFraser | Sep 1, 2014 | Leadership, Relationship Skills
We tend to think of leadership in the context of leading teams, at least in connection with work we do. But it isn’t necessarily so. Yes, a leader’s role is often to build the necessary relationships with and amongst the members of a formally-constituted team in order...
by DavidFraser | Aug 25, 2014 | Leadership, Relationship Skills
We tend to think of leadership in the context of leading teams, at least in connection with work we do. But it isn’t necessarily so. Yes, a leader’s role is often to build the necessary relationships with and amongst the members of a formally-constituted team in order...
by DavidFraser | Aug 18, 2014 | Change, Relationship Skills
It’s interesting how a two-week break from something is enough to change our habitual behaviour… Returning from holiday, I notice I’m not as self-disciplined about choosing a healthy and energy-sustaining lunch as I was a few short weeks ago. My inner being has...
by DavidFraser | Jul 28, 2014 | Change, Influence, Relationship Skills
Quite often it’s appropriate, necessary even, to use whatever positional authority we have to get something done. Indeed we probably have a duty to do so. But perhaps there is a cost… Could be we use up some of the goodwill in the relationship and so our...
