by Mike Edwards | Feb 8, 2017 | Leadership, The Leadership Gift
I have spent a lifetime trying to prove something to the world. It’s showed itself in so many ways, from seeking attention to doing the things I believed would get me credit, to carefully tracking the hit metrics on my website. These past couple months have...
by Mike Edwards | Jan 4, 2017 | Behaviour, Leadership, People
Lately, you may have sensed I have been asking some pretty deep questions about life, myself and the world around me. I never used to dig so deep as it can be an uncomfortable place to look. However, a couple of years ago I started a journey which has me clearly on a...
by Mike Edwards | Dec 21, 2016 | Behaviour, Leadership, People
As 2017 will soon be here, I find myself reflecting on 2016, and what has changed in my life. For this past year, I’ve been in the CTI Leadership program, and I find myself looking at life, love and time very differently than I did a year ago. Much of it is hard...
by Mike Edwards | Dec 14, 2016 | Leadership, People, The Leadership Gift
A couple weeks ago I did something I could not have imagined even a few months ago. What’s more, you will find it on my left forearm. In other words, short of wearing long sleeve shirts all the time, it’s hard to hide it. However, I don’t want to...
by Mike Edwards | Dec 9, 2016 | Behaviour, Change, Leadership, The Leadership Gift
Command and control. Directive. Autocratic. Stretch goals. Call it what you will, lately, I’ve been more closely observing the impact of leaders using such approaches with the people they lead. All of these things amount to pushing the people you lead and...
by Mike Edwards | Dec 1, 2016 | Behaviour, Change, Leadership, The Leadership Gift
Einstein said “insanity as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result”. If this is true, then I must be insane at times. I also wonder given this definition, how many others around me are insane given I see leaders leading...
