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Are you Dissatisfied with the Performance, or the Performer?

May 12, 2015 By Croft Edwards - No Comments

We have all likely been in a situation like this before. We ask, or tell, a subordinate to do something, a task, and in our mind we are crystal clear as to what we want. After some time they report that the task is done. Much to our amazement (or chagrin, or anger, you fill in the emotion) the task ...

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Who is Training Your Team to be Leaders?

May 5, 2015 By Croft Edwards - No Comments

Who is training your team to be leaders? Who is teaching them how to motivate others, to have effective conversations, to create powerful futures for the organization? If I were to ask many leaders this question I’ll bet I would get answers such as:-We have a training department.-We outsource that ...

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Sweeping With Taylor Swift

April 28, 2015 By Croft Edwards - No Comments

Question: How do you get four pre-teen girls, three of whom are your daughters, one a neighborhood friend of theirs, to help you clean the garage when they do not want to and they think that it is, “Not any fun!”? You do it by playing Taylor Swift’s Shake it Off and Style back-to-back-to-back- ...

The Extraordinary, Ordinary Meeting

April 21, 2015 By Croft Edwards - No Comments

I was recently in an extraordinary, ordinary meeting. It was a Friday morning meeting where the previous day’s activities were discussed and the plan for the upcoming day was shared with the group. It was a meeting where people were engaged in a great dialogue of learning and listening. There was ...

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Gardening versus Farming- A Leadership Perspective

April 7, 2015 By Croft Edwards - No Comments

When it comes to leadership are you a farmer or a gardener? How you look at it may determine your success.Farming:The goal in farming is harvesting a crop. In farming, for instance corn, each field has plants that are all the same. They all come from seeds that are genetically identical, an ...

How Words Created Your Past – and Will Create Your Future!

March 24, 2015 By Croft Edwards - No Comments

We create our futures in language. The simple declaration of “No,” or “Yes,” creates a new future for us every day. I am not talking about the outcome of the yes or no - but that fact of saying either one opens up very different possibilities. From an ontological perspective (ontology, the s ...

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The Art of Bumming Cigarettes- Eisenhower’s Leadership in Action: LeadershipFlow Tidbits

March 3, 2015 By Croft Edwards - No Comments

One of my favorite leadership stories involves General Dwight D. Eisenhower during World War II. Eisenhower tried to schedule his days as the Supreme Commander so that he could spend the mornings in meetings and around his headquarters dealing with the challenges of the largest military under ...

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Confessions of a Former Non-Blogger, Lessons Learned from One Year of Blogs!

February 24, 2015 By Croft Edwards - No Comments

"I do not see any reason to blog, no one reads them, and what could I possibly gain from doing it?” - Croft Edwards 14 December 2013I really said something like that to my branding partner. Here I was, this expert on leadership and change and I was sure that I had no need to blog. I was wro ...

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Want to Learn More about Flow, Here’s Where to Start!

November 3, 2014 By Croft Edwards - No Comments

As we continue to explore the concept of Flow in our study of LeadershipFlow it will be necessary to draw on the works of experts in the study of Flow. To help those who wish to learn more about flow here are some helpful resources:Let's begin with the book, The Rise of Superman, Decoding the Scie ...

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#LeadershipFlow in Action: Jason Kornoely

October 21, 2014 By Croft Edwards - No Comments

In this ongoing series of conversations with gifted leaders I am exploring #LeadershipFlow in action. What is it? How does it help leaders navigate change and inspire others to reach for more?Chances are that you have never heard of Jason Kornoely, but I want you to. He is my daughter Olivia’s 3rd ...

Are you Dissatisfied with the Performance, or the Performer?

Who is Training Your Team to be Leaders?

Sweeping With Taylor Swift

The Extraordinary, Ordinary Meeting

Gardening versus Farming- A Leadership Perspective

How Words Created Your Past – and Will Create Your Future!

The Art of Bumming Cigarettes- Eisenhower’s Leadership in Action: LeadershipFlow Tidbits

Confessions of a Former Non-Blogger, Lessons Learned from One Year of Blogs!

Want to Learn More about Flow, Here’s Where to Start!

#LeadershipFlow in Action: Jason Kornoely

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