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Resignation Kills Innovation – Are You Infected?

May 1, 2018 By Croft Edwards - No Comments

A recent Gallup Study on the State of the American Workplace stated that 70% of workers are not engaged at work.What is causing this and what can you do about it as a leader?Begin by looking for the mood and/or emotion of resignation in your work culture. Resignation shows up in individuals and orga ...

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Three Clues that Resignation, the Innovation Killer, has You

February 4, 2018 By Croft Edwards - No Comments

A recent Gallup Study on the State of the American Workplace stated that 70% of workers are not engaged at work. What is causing this and what can you do about it as a leader.Begin by looking for the mood and/or emotion of resignation in your work culture. Resignation shows up in individuals and org ...

LeadershipFlow in Action: Richard Strozzi-Heckler (1 of 2)

December 1, 2017 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?Richard Strozzi-Heckler, PhD has been a big influence on my coaching and my study of leadership, so I am ver ...

A Butt in the Seat Does Not Mean a Mind in the Room

November 27, 2016 By Croft Edwards - No Comments

5 Clues Your Team Is Not Actually Present (Even Though You See Them) Recently I had the pleasure of sitting in an organization’s senior management team meeting. What struck me was that this was a meeting in name only; the managers were physically present but were mostly uninvolved in the p ...

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Peace be With You! The Power of Acceptance

October 7, 2015 By Croft Edwards - No Comments

In our last blog we looked at Resentment, a powerful mood/emotion that is created by not accepting what is. This time, let’s look at the antidote to this toxic and unproductive emotion. Remember the scenario? It went like this: Something happened that you could not control and negatively affected ...

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The Power of Resentment > The Desire to Get Even

September 7, 2015 By Croft Edwards - No Comments

We have all been there before. Something happens that you cannot control and negatively affects your big project; your boss responds with something unflattering about your leadership style and/or your ability to deliver; your whole team gets negative feedback from a senior leader about the missed de ...

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Are You a Lover at Work?

July 21, 2015 By Croft Edwards - No Comments

The fourth body disposition we will look at is the body of the Lover, the Amiable, the body of openness. This is one who strives to accept each person and wants the best for all. This is the body that allows individuals to open up and care about one another. In the body of the lover we see the follo ...

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Are You a Warrior at Work?

June 23, 2015 By Croft Edwards - No Comments

You have seen the person who is a warrior at work. You know that person who readies for battle, the win-at-all-costs type of person? You may be that person; do you see the finish line and let nothing get in your way? And when you do cross it, it is on to the next task and battle - you are going to o ...

Do You Show Up to Work as the Regal King or Queen?

June 9, 2015 By Croft Edwards - No Comments

In our last blog we looked at the Joker archetype and how it determines how others see you, and influences your behavior in situations. As we continue our journey into the many discourses that explore how we as leaders manifest certain body dispositions, lets look at one known as the King or Queen a ...

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Are You a Joker at Work?

May 26, 2015 By Croft Edwards - No Comments

There are many discourses which explore how we show up in our body. Each has a slightly different approach but many explore the four basic body dispositions or styles, which we will examine in this and future blogs. As we start to explore how our bodies impact our leadership, a great place to begi ...

Resignation Kills Innovation – Are You Infected?

Three Clues that Resignation, the Innovation Killer, has You

LeadershipFlow in Action: Richard Strozzi-Heckler (1 of 2)

A Butt in the Seat Does Not Mean a Mind in the Room

Peace be With You! The Power of Acceptance

The Power of Resentment > The Desire to Get Even

Are You a Lover at Work?

Are You a Warrior at Work?

Do You Show Up to Work as the Regal King or Queen?

Are You a Joker at Work?

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