by Mike Edwards | Mar 27, 2019 | Leadership Daily
I used to think I could create certainty. At the time, I was as a Project Manager. I would develop schedules and plans with a significant amount of detail. I put a lot of effort into getting the plans right. The accuracy of a plan is inversely proportional to the...
by Mike Edwards | Mar 26, 2019 | Leadership Daily
The corporate world seems to favour extroverts. However, if you only hear from the extroverts, you are likely missing out on important information. Extroverts do their best thinking by vocalizing their thoughts. When they speak extroverts tend to care less about...
by Mike Edwards | Mar 25, 2019 | Leadership Daily
For a long time, I believed a leader creates trust by extending trust to the team. How exactly do you extend trust to a team? Is extending trust even possible? There are examples of where teams come together for the first time and trust seems to be immediately...
by Mike Edwards | Mar 22, 2019 | Leadership Daily
I’m sure by now you’ve figured out this week’s posts stepped us through the layers of “The Five Dysfunctions of a Team” by Patrick Lencioni. Inattention to results is the fifth, and top layer of the model. Plenty of leaders try to start...
by Mike Edwards | Mar 21, 2019 | Leadership Daily
Accountability is one of the most misused words in corporate North America. Accountability is often used synonymously with responsibility. It’s the person we’re going to make responsible for the task or outcome. The problem is, the accountable person is...
by Mike Edwards | Mar 20, 2019 | Leadership Daily
How many times does your team start working on something, thinking you’re all committed to this same direction? Then, before long, you find someone is heading in a different direction? How did this happen? This problem is more common than you might imagine. You...
