by Mike Edwards | Oct 23, 2019 | Leadership Daily
Recently, while teaching The Responsibility Process(R), I was asked if it’s OK to stay in a mindset like Lay Blame, Justify or Quit. For example, what if you are feeling overworked, and the company has implemented a hiring freeze. You might feel powerless to...
by Mike Edwards | Oct 22, 2019 | Leadership Daily
Did you ever wear a mask for Halloween? The type of mask that covers your face and with tiny holes to see through? If you run around with a mask on, you might hurt yourself by running into something. So people tend to move slower wearing a mask. I can tell you from...
by Mike Edwards | Oct 21, 2019 | Leadership Daily
Have you noticed how, when you put a group of people together, they immediately become a team? Of course not, that’s not how team building works, despite some people trying. The making of a team is a long process. After bringing a group together, you need to...
by Mike Edwards | Oct 18, 2019 | Leadership Daily
I see leaders putting significant efforts into changing things for their teams. Then, as soon as things don’t go to plan, everyone slides back to old patterns and habits. Often, things backslide as you have dealt with a problem, and not what allowed the problem...
by Mike Edwards | Oct 17, 2019 | Leadership Daily
I usually will not talk about politics in my blog. However, I am going to make an exception as we have a federal election happening in Canada. Keeping track of the details of the election is a complicated thing. The number of parties, issues, trash-talking, debates,...
by Mike Edwards | Oct 16, 2019 | Leadership Daily
Do the people you lead know the value in the activities they do each day? When people know why an activity is valuable, they are more likely to do the right thing. They are also more likely to know when they are doing something that does not make sense. A team leader...
