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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Where is your Leadership Dojo?

April 14, 2015 By Croft Edwards - No Comments

Where do you practice your leadership? Literally, where do you practice your leadership? Do you have a time and place set aside to practice things like effective conversations and moods of possibility? If you are working on making your body strong by lifting weights, I bet you could show me the gym ...

LeadershipFlow in Action: Tom Izzo and March Madness

March 31, 2015 By Croft Edwards - No Comments

Whether you are a college basketball fan or not, to watch Tom Izzo and his Michigan State Spartans march through the tournament to the upcoming Final Four, is to watch #LeadershipFlow in Action. Here is a leader who creates the conditions for greatness to happen, for Flow to happen. Cultivating Othe ...

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 ...

Running Unlocks My Flow, What Unlocks Yours?

March 17, 2015 By Croft Edwards - No Comments

Today started off as a bad day. The winter snow has been on the ground for over 2 months. It has not gotten above freezing since late last year, and I have not had a good run for over a month. What I really want to do is pull the covers up over my head and stay in bed for the day.I manage to haul my ...

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 ...

LeadershipFlow in Action: Scott Murray

November 17, 2014 By Croft Edwards - No Comments

Croft interview - Scott MurrayIn 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?Croft: Today I’m out on a beautiful urban farm to talk with Scott Mur ...

Are You a Lover at Work?

Are You a Warrior at Work?

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

Who is Training Your Team to be Leaders?

Where is your Leadership Dojo?

LeadershipFlow in Action: Tom Izzo and March Madness

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

Running Unlocks My Flow, What Unlocks Yours?

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

LeadershipFlow in Action: Scott Murray

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