David Fraser
"Effects immediate and dramatic change in personal and organisational performance"
It depends, of course... ...on the situation, our formal role within it (if any), our personal power or authority in the specific circumstances, the personalities of other people involved, and what …
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You created everything around you. (You are the person with authority and influence, after all.) If you don’t like it, either you’ve not led very well, or you’re not actually the leader. Which is …
Events of last week—featuring, in particular, some troubles my son is having with another boy on his school bus—showed just how important it is to discern accurately who is best-placed to take which …
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There something appealing about a person who is clear about what they're good at and what they're not so good at. For example... Watching a film of David Ogilvy, sometimes referred to as "the Father …
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How much knowledge do you need to have before it feels OK to say you don’t know? Seems like a paradox, doesn’t it? If we know quite a bit about something, we probably have a good idea just how much …
We seem to live in divergent times... On the one hand, corporate organisations are becoming more procedural, more numbers-driven, more top-down in their approach. (That’s a generalisation of course, …
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