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5 Tools for Crafting Requests that Get Results

December 23, 2016 By Croft Edwards - No Comments

Did your garbage can make it to the curb on time for pick up? Was your dinner served quickly so you could get to the movie on time? Did one of your key employees complete a task exactly as you wanted? Did date night with your spouse get canceled again? (Wait, do not answer that) If your answer for a ...

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 ...

Why Leadership is Like Running a Marathon

February 8, 2016 By Croft Edwards - No Comments

The great thing about running a marathon is that you just have to finish the 26.2 miles and you are a marathoner. I am a marathoner, (notice I did not share my Personal Record time, remember, you just have to finish) and both the running of the marathon and the training for the marathon has been a g ...

Why Leadership is Like Planting an Acorn

November 3, 2015 By Croft Edwards - No Comments

I take an acorn. I plant it. I plant it in ideal conditions, soil that has a perfect texture for good drainage, balanced PH, and the correct nutrients. I plant it in a favorable climate, dry summers and wet winters. I plant it with enough room around it so it can spread its branches without running ...

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 ...

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 ...

Do You Have Your Assessment – Or Does It Have You?

August 25, 2015 By Croft Edwards - No Comments

"I will never use Twitter, I do not know a single leader that I coach who uses it - it is a waste of my time. Besides, I do not want to be one of those people who tweets about my activities in a Starbucks’ line!"Yes, I said it. It was sometime in 2013 and I was working with my branding partner, ...

Are you a Selfish or Self First Leader?

August 4, 2015 By Croft Edwards - No Comments

Good for you! Enough of all of this selfless service, the ‘always putting everyone else first’ BS, it is time to put you first as a leader. Now, before you call your local Goodie Two-Shoes outfit and have me tarred and feathered, let me explain.The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines selfish as, ...

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 ...

How Dare You Even Think of Leaving My Company

July 7, 2015 By Croft Edwards - No Comments

How dare you even think about leaving my company for greener pastures?After all I have done for you!- I have asked, no, make that told you to stay late many days because I was disorganized and needed you to bail me out.- I have cut you zero slack when your personal life o ...

5 Tools for Crafting Requests that Get Results

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

Why Leadership is Like Running a Marathon

Why Leadership is Like Planting an Acorn

Peace be With You! The Power of Acceptance

The Power of Resentment > The Desire to Get Even

Do You Have Your Assessment – Or Does It Have You?

Are you a Selfish or Self First Leader?

Are You a Lover at Work?

How Dare You Even Think of Leaving My Company

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