by Mike Edwards | Feb 12, 2018 | Behaviour, Leadership Daily, The Leadership Gift
I love air travel and how easily we can move around the world. That is, of course, until things do not go to plan. On Friday evening I encountered some challenges while flying to Seattle: I could not use self-check machine due to a systems error with my ticket. This...
by Mike Edwards | Feb 5, 2018 | Behaviour, Leadership Daily, People, Responsibility, The Leadership Gift
My parents have laptops and are active on the internet. Truthfully, I’m excited and proud of their computer-based activities for many reasons. At the very least I love the fact they’re not intimidated by technology. Like all computers, though, things go wrong. Power...
by Mike Edwards | Jan 29, 2018 | Leadership Daily, People
I find one of the most challenging and rewarding parts of my working life is creating new content. I’m referring to new posts, workshop content, website content, coaching tools and more. My biggest challenge lately is related to my intention to publish a book. I’ve...
by Mike Edwards | Jan 22, 2018 | Leadership Daily
How many times in my life have I sat complaining about something without taking meaningful action? It might be a bad situation at work in which I felt trapped. It might be something one of the governments of Canada did. It might be something about a relationship I’m...
by Mike Edwards | Jan 15, 2018 | Leadership Daily, People
Have you ever thrown a rock into a pond to watch the splash it creates? I was that kid who always looked for a bigger rock to throw in. Eventually, I’d find a huge rock I could barely move. I’d struggle to bring it to the water’s edge. Then with a significant effort,...
by Mike Edwards | Jan 10, 2018 | Leadership Daily, People
I have struggled with what to write about all week. So, here I am at 6:00 am (i.e. two hours ago) staring at a blinking cursor wondering “Am I done?” The first post in this series was published on February 2, 2016. In that post, I stated my intention which was to...