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Karl Edwards asks, "What question or concern lies behind the question you are asking?" The Question of the Week is offered to increase awareness of one's personal leadership practices and encourage experimentation with creative alternatives.
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I want to work. I want to work hard. I want my work to be meaningful and rewarding. I want my work to charge me with as much energy as it requires from me. I want to make a difference. I want to make a contribution. I want to play at the top of my…
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Karl Edwards asks, "How might you be a part of the problem that won't go away?" The Question of the Week is offered to increase awareness of one's personal leadership practices and encourage experimentation with creative alternatives.
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I just picked up a copy of Malcolm Gladwell's new book, What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures. I grabbed it the minute I saw it. The very second, in fact. Those around me wisely waited while I examined every copy for flaws. Cradling my perfect baby,…
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It’s over. We’re done. No more. Labor Day 2009. The day leaders stopped yelling. Yelling as a “tool” for leaders is one of the great excuses and abuses that persists in the workplace. It’s an excuse, because yelling is a cover for one’s own inabi…
September 18, 2009

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Who are you?
Owner of Bold Enterprises, Management Consultant, Leadership Coach, Team Builder, Podcast Host
What is your interest or involvement in employee engagement?
I help leaders understand and tap into the core motivations that make people come alive and thrive at work.
Website:
http://www.boldenterprises.com
Where are you located?
Los Angeles, California

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Question of the Week #3



Karl Edwards asks, "Does it matter who is sitting in your chair?"
The Question of the Week is offered to increase awareness of one's personal leadership practices and encourage experimentation with creative alternatives. Visit our website at http://www.boldenterprises.com/ Continue

Posted on January 5, 2010 at 12:00pm —

Karl Edwards

Loving Monday: I Want To Work Hard

I want to work. I want to work hard.

I want my work to be meaningful and rewarding. I want my work to charge me with as much energy as it requires from me.

I want to make a difference. I want to make a contribution. I want to play at the top of my game. I want to be fully engaged… and then some.

Why then am I ignored? Why then am I taken for granted? Why am I considered nothing more than the generic job description whose rote list of chores I am tasked to complete?

Why am I treated like the… Continue

Posted on December 7, 2009 at 12:55pm —

Karl Edwards

Thought Leaders Unpacked -> What the Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell

What-the-Dog-SawI just picked up a copy of Malcolm Gladwell's new book,

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Posted on November 5, 2009 at 9:37am —

Karl Edwards

I'm Putting Yellers on Notice

It’s over. We’re done. No more.

Labor Day 2009. The day leaders stopped yelling.

Yelling as a “tool” for leaders is one of the great excuses and abuses that persists in the workplace.

It’s an excuse, because yelling is a cover for one’s own inability to either control one’s temper or come up with effective communication alternatives. While occasionally necessary to communicate seriousness, dissatisfaction, and/or anger about work-related dynamics, it is positively never necessary to use yelli… Continue

Posted on September 18, 2009 at 9:23am —

Karl Edwards

Thought Leaders Unpacked -> Integrity #7: In Touch With Reality

"Reality is always your friend," asserts Henry Cloud in this week's chapter.



Reality can feel like an enemy intruder, though, when it is difficult. Complicated. Painful. Embarrassing. When it means facing up to a mistake, starting over, making amends, reversing direction, etc.



Somewhere in all that mess—but not uncommon to such messes—some of us come to believe, maybe com

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Posted on July 31, 2009 at 8:30am —

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At 9:05am on January 4, 2009, David Zinger said…
Karl,
Happy New Year.
Thank you for being the 9th. person to join this network. You helped this network grow and develop and I appreciate that very much. All the best in 2009.
David
At 10:23am on January 28, 2008, David Zinger said…
Karl,
I am delighted you decided to join this network. I think we can all benefit from "bold enterprises."
David
 
 

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Ah, the script for a boss! That is easy, but a long way from the traditional one. First, I suggest the boss do a quick read of Douglas McGregor's "The Human Side of Enterprise" to gain an understanding of the theory behind X and Y. Then commit the…
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Jon... Great stuff. Particularly like the piece about attacking "internal friction". I still think the macro issues, namely around what kind of relationships does the organisation wish to have with specific groups/classes of employees need to be c…
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My view on this is that where you treat employee engagement like a ‘big bang’ corporate change programme it will always carry a significant risk of turning into an ‘organisational Vietnam’. Don’t go to war in the first place! Do it by taking lots a…
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