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The Extraordinary, Ordinary Meeting

April 21, 2015 By Croft Edwards - No Comments

I was recently in an extraordinary, ordinary meeting. It was a Friday morning meeting where the previous day’s activities were discussed and the plan for the upcoming day was shared with the group. It was a meeting where people were engaged in a great dialogue of learning and listening. There was ...

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 ...

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 ...

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: 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 ...

Want to Learn More about Flow, Here’s Where to Start!

November 3, 2014 By Croft Edwards - No Comments

As we continue to explore the concept of Flow in our study of LeadershipFlow it will be necessary to draw on the works of experts in the study of Flow. To help those who wish to learn more about flow here are some helpful resources:Let's begin with the book, The Rise of Superman, Decoding the Scie ...

Who is Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi? (And how do you Pronounce his Name?)

October 27, 2014 By Croft Edwards - No Comments

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 ...

The Extraordinary, Ordinary Meeting

Where is your Leadership Dojo?

LeadershipFlow in Action: Tom Izzo and March Madness

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

LeadershipFlow in Action: Kim Frederick

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

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

LeadershipFlow in Action: Scott Murray

Want to Learn More about Flow, Here’s Where to Start!

Who is Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi? (And how do you Pronounce his Name?)

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