by Mike Edwards | Aug 2, 2013 | Behaviour, People, Responsibility
What do you do for fun when you leave work? There are so many choices such as volunteering, exercise, music or just some quiet gardening in the yard? What happens when you’re not enjoying the activity? In some cases you might stop doing the activity. In...
by Mike Edwards | Jul 29, 2013 | Behaviour, People, Responsibility, The Leadership Gift
Do you think it’s possible to create a truly flat organizational structure? What if you could eliminate the need for reporting relationships? Everyone dreads the annual performance review process so get rid of it! I’ve talked with many organizations who...
by Mike Edwards | Jul 9, 2013 | Behaviour, Compliance, People, Responsibility
After a number of years of talking about joining the Leadership Gift program I finally did it! I’m very excited about being on this journey. The Leadership Gift is a program led by Christopher Avery as a result of decades of research resulting in the...
by Mike Edwards | Jun 25, 2013 | People
As I write this I’m sitting under the awning of my trailer near Port Aux Basque, Newfoundland. There’s been fog since yesterday afternoon and a light rain is now falling. The sound of a fog horn at near by Cape Ray lighthouse reverberates through the air once every...
by Mike Edwards | May 22, 2013 | Behaviour, People, Project Management
If I gave your project $500,000 how would you spend it? If I took away $500,000 what wouldn’t you do? How many meetings are happening in your organization every day? These meetings are a huge draw on your budget but do they deliver value? In many organizations...
by Mike Edwards | Mar 14, 2013 | Agile, Behaviour, Lean, People, Project Management, Risk
Dictionary.com defines optimism as: “A disposition or tendency to look on the more favorable side of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable outcome.” Lately I’m finding optimism everywhere! I’m reading the book Leadership by...
