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Leadership, Like Driving in Snow, is a Skill that Can be Learned

March 1, 2018 By Croft Edwards - No Comments

Recently I was in the South when a snow storm hit. This storm, in many regions of the country would have been a light dusting, barely even affecting residents. But in the South, where driving in the snow and ice is not something most people have to deal with, chaos erupted. Entire towns shut down an ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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- ...

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: 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 ...

Job Hell? 6 Ways to Tell:

October 13, 2014 By Marc Smith Sacks - No Comments

Are you feeling frustrated with your job? Do you dread going into work? You might be standing on the slippery slope of burnout, or what leadership expert, Bob Dunham, refers to as the “Six Levels of Hell.” Here are some burnout clues you might look for and some thoughts on how to get out ...

Are You Coachable? 4 Questions you May not want to Answer!

June 30, 2014 By Croft Edwards - No Comments

“One of the most important things about leadership is that you have to have the kind of humility that will allow you to be coached.” Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank.The above quote comes from the new President of the World Bank as he tries to change the culture of the World Bank chroni ...

Leadership, Like Driving in Snow, is a Skill that Can be Learned

Why Leadership is Like Running a Marathon

Are You a Joker at Work?

Are you Dissatisfied with the Performance, or the Performer?

Who is Training Your Team to be Leaders?

Sweeping With Taylor Swift

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

#LeadershipFlow in Action: Jason Kornoely

Job Hell? 6 Ways to Tell:

Are You Coachable? 4 Questions you May not want to Answer!

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