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Resignation Kills Innovation – Are You Infected?

May 1, 2018 By Croft Edwards - No Comments

A recent Gallup Study on the State of the American Workplace stated that 70% of workers are not engaged at work.What is causing this and what can you do about it as a leader?Begin by looking for the mood and/or emotion of resignation in your work culture. Resignation shows up in individuals and orga ...

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 ...

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 ...

What is Your Leadership Presence?

August 22, 2014 By Croft Edwards - No Comments

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 ...

My Stomach Told Me to do it! What is Yours Telling You?

July 8, 2014 By Croft Edwards - No Comments

Have you listened to your gut lately? I did and here is a new future I am declaring--I am officially retiring from the Army after 22 years. I had planned on joining another reserve unit, had been accepted, and all I needed to do was to sign the document, and my journey would begin again. The problem ...

Trust, what is it good for? Absolutely everything. Part 2

June 9, 2014 By David Hasenbalg - No Comments

Part 2 of a 2 part series.“If you don't have trust inside your company, then you can't transfer it to your customers.” - Roger Staubach, Real Estate Entrepreneur and Hall of Fame QuarterbackIn part 1 of this series on trust (http://croftandcompany.com/trust-good-absolutely-everythi ...

What would be said in your Eulogy? The Character of Dr. Jack Ramsey

May 2, 2014 By Croft Edwards - No Comments

Two stories from the National Basketball Association have caught my attention in the last few weeks:One, in case you have been living in a cave, involves the Los Angeles Clippers team owner, Donald Sterling, and racial comments he has said in a private conversation. This story has been seemingly, t ...

7 Pitfalls that Undermine Professionals

April 21, 2014 By Marc Smith Sacks - No Comments

7 Pitfalls that Undermine Professionals A Leader’s lament: “My boss doesn’t set me up for success...” My response: “I imagine you feel frustrated, because you see your possibilities as limited, but you are focusing on what your boss doesn’t do for you, rather than on what ...

Resignation Kills Innovation – Are You Infected?

Why Leadership is Like Planting an Acorn

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

What is Your Leadership Presence?

My Stomach Told Me to do it! What is Yours Telling You?

Trust, what is it good for? Absolutely everything. Part 2

What would be said in your Eulogy? The Character of Dr. Jack Ramsey

7 Pitfalls that Undermine Professionals

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