by Mike Edwards | May 11, 2020 | Leadership Daily
I’m missing some of the things I used to spend time complaining about. For example, I used to complain about the days I had to spend hours commuting. Some days the trip to downtown Toronto was such a burden as it would take 2-3 hours each way. When I catch myself...
by Mike Edwards | May 8, 2020 | Leadership Daily
I’ve observed how leaders can be rewarded for their ability to take action. It may even be just an unspoken expectation in an organization. Given this, when a leader doesn’t know what to do, they still act. When leaders take action for the sake of being in...
by Mike Edwards | May 7, 2020 | Leadership Daily
Recently, a friend ask me, “If you were given more than enough money to live and were free to do anything you wanted — what would you do?” The question pointed me to something I want, which I figured I might get to one day. What gets you out of bed every day? Do you...
by Mike Edwards | May 6, 2020 | Leadership Daily
Leaders create the conditions for people to do their best work. The same is true whether people are working from home, or they’re on the front lines right now. I was brainstorming a post to write on the ways leaders can support people’s best work. That’s when it hit...
by Mike Edwards | May 5, 2020 | Leadership Daily
I’ve worked companies who wanted to do something new without letting go of their old ways. For example, they want to adopt Agile practices and still have highly detailed predictive plans. They want to build products iteratively and yet have their requirements detailed...
by Mike Edwards | May 4, 2020 | Leadership Daily
The other day I was having one of those moments where nothing was going my way. Yet, I felt very upbeat and positive about life. For me, the best remedy for a bad day is to remind myself just how much I’m winning. I might even make a list of all of the things I...
