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"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 ...
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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 ...
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    In my quest to understand #LeadershipFlow I have interviewed several amazing leaders who show up in flow:     - “Marathon Don” Kern, a world record holder in the Marathon (7 marathons/7continents in under 26 days) and the race director for the Grand Rapids, MI Marathon.     - Jason K ...
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To start to lay out the concept of LeadershipFlow it is necessary to really understand the concept of Flow and there is no better place to start than the study of the man who is really considered the “Godfather” of Flow, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (pronounced Me-High Chick-Sent-Me-High).  Csikszen ...
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Recently I was facilitating a leadership program for a large organization and one of the participants was a newly hired employee whose father worked at the company. When I spoke with both dad and daughter at different times, they were both extremely excited that she was now working at the company. ...
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Creating Culture and Expanding CapacityThe organizational culture that you currently have is 100% perfect to create the results you are currently getting, so if you want different results you will have to create a different culture. The ...
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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?I recently spoke with Don Kern, who on December 1st, 2011, set the world record for the fastest time to c ...
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Self-Mastery, the key to #leadershipflowCROFT + Company clients develop a clear understanding of themselves and what is masking their authentic nature. Authenticity is defined as being true to one’s deepest convictions and aspirations and living a life aligned with who one should be. We he ...
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Our bodies are always speaking louder than our mouths. What we communicate is most fundamentally shaped by our presence, whether or not it is coherent with our message.  -Bob Dunham How do you show up when you show up? What is your leadership presence? Go to Amazon.com and look up leadership books ...
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"If you take care of your people your people will take care of your customers and your business will take care of itself.”    JW Marriott A key tenant of #LeadershipFlow is Cultivating Other Leaders and Teams. How do you do that? Well, let me ask you a question. Do you care about your empl ...
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