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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

LeadershipFlow in Action: Kim Frederick

March 10, 2015 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?Today I am sitting down with Kim Frederick who is the owner of Foxfield Arabians, a horseback riding and tra ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Are you Dissatisfied with the Performance, or the Performer?

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?

LeadershipFlow in Action: Kim Frederick

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

LeadershipFlow in Action: Scott Murray

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