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...
by DavidFraser | Oct 17, 2012 | Leadership, Personal Mastery, Relationship Skills
We might worry that operating in a principled and compassionate way makes us vulnerable—vulnerable to those who are happy to trample others in their quest for success; individuals who don’t care what happens to the people they encounter along the way. My experience is...
by DavidFraser | Oct 15, 2012 | Communication, People Magic, Relationship Skills
If you state you’re withholding information, you create a barrier between yourself and the people you are with. You break the connection. If you must have secrets, keep even that a secret. Of course, you must respect confidences, and not share what you’re not meant to...
by DavidFraser | Sep 28, 2012 | Change, Leadership, Personal Mastery
We tend to think of leadership as something we do consciously. In fact, it’s not really like that at all. After all… As ground-breaking doctor and hypno-therapist, Milton Erickson said “what you don’t realise is your life is mostly...
by DavidFraser | Sep 24, 2012 | Energy, Personal Mastery, Relationship Skills
People interacting with one another have sensory experiences involving images, sounds and feelings. Yet we’re often tempted to reach for analytical models; to turn the flesh and blood experience into an intellectual exercise and try to manage relationships at that...
