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Karl Edwards combines the practical wisdom of 20 plus years of business and institutional experience with a personal passion for helping people thrive in their vocational pursuits. He enjoys consulting, coaching, speaking and teaching on the complex challenges business leaders face.

Karl Edwards


    • Aug 7, 2012 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 10m AVG DURATION
    • 217 EPISODES


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    Employees... What Are They Good For? 4: The Problem of Poor Employee Performance

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2012 13:41


    When acceptable performance becomes a problem, are we jumping too quickly to blame and punishment? Could there be aspects of your corporate structure, culture, or your own leadership methods that might be setting the stage for poor performance?

    Employees... What Are They Good For? 3: The Problem of Retaining Good Employees

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2012 11:37


    Fact: People are growing, developing, changing beings. Are you afraid of losing your best workers if you promote them? Fighting their development will only result in losing them to a competitor.

    Employees... What Are They Good For? 2: The Problem of Finding Good Employees

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2012 12:49


    Are our talent search methods serving us well? Could it be that our standardized job descriptions, computerized key word searches, and the use of unformatted text-only resumes are eliminating valuable candidates before we even have a chance to meet them?

    Employees... What Are They Good For? 1: Expense or Asset?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2012 11:16


    What lens do you use when addressing employee problems? Employees are an expense to minimize or an asset to maximize? The lens you choose will have a radical impact on how you deal with four common employee problems.

    Clutter: Friend or Foe? 5: All That Stuff on Your Desktop

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2012 14:00


    Both our physical desktop and our computer desktop can get cluttered quickly. One of the issues in whether you can find what you need. The other issue is whether the cluttered desktops are making it difficult to focus and be productive.

    Clutter: Friend or Foe? 4: All Those Communication Options

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2012 14:00


    Choosing to communicate via phone, text, email, or social network is not only a matter of personal preference, but must take into account the recipients preferences as well. How do you sort through who responds best to a text message and who responds best a personal call?

    Clutter: Friend or Foe? 3: All Those Tech Tools

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2012 14:51


    Where is that conversation thread? On my phone, my tablet, my laptop, or my desktop computer? Surrounded by fantastic, ever-changing tools, when do the options propel us forward and when do they confuse, distract or paralyze us?

    Clutter: Friend or Foe? 2: All Those Social Networks

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2012 13:43


    Who ever thought we'd experience such a thing as "friend clutter"? News, pictures, and invitations (to name just a few categories) both from people we want to hear from and also from many we don't want to know so much about. What's one to do?

    Clutter: Friend or Foe? 1: Dispelling Myths About Clutter

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2012 9:45


    Welcome to a fresh discussion on clutter. Instead of declaring war on clutter as the enemy of effectiveness, listen in as Jorge Rosas and Karl Edwards think out loud about how to figure out what works best for you. The possibilities for creating clutter seem to be growing logarithmically, and in order to stay effective we need to adjust quickly. It's an open question: is clutter your friend or your foe?

    Posture of Strategic Readiness with Van Wray 5: The Anticipated Decisions

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2012 15:41


    Certain decision are coming. We know they are on the way, but we don't have enough information to make the decision yet. We cannot afford, though, to ignore, forget about, or minimize their importance in the mean time. What do we do?

    Posture of Strategic Readiness with Van Wray 4: The Built-In Slack

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2012 12:56


    If we are working to capacity all of the time, where are we going to get the time and resources to seize unexpected opportunities or problems? We need to build in slack.

    Posture of Strategic Readiness with Van Wray 3: The Sumo Wrestling Goals

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2012 11:21


    For some issues our aggressive goal may be to NOT go backwards. We need to be intentional about where we don't want to give up ground as much as we need to about where we want to grow.

    Posture of Strategic Readiness with Van Wray 2: The Stop and No Lists

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2012 11:49


    Posture of Strategic Readiness with Van Wray 1: The Adjusting Processes

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2012 11:34


    Bold Resolutions for the New Year 5: Rethink Failure

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2012 10:08


    Bold Resolutions for the New Year 4: Create Your Own Opportunities

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2012 11:20


    Bold Resolutions for the New Year 3: Build a Team, Not Fill a Job

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2012 10:30


    Bold Resolutions for the New Year 2: Think Outside the Box

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2012 11:32


    Bold Resolutions for the New Year 1: Too Much Fear, Caution, and Passivity

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2012 11:10


    Natural Networking 5: Being Yourself, Your Greatest Asset

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2011 13:52


    Natural Networking 4: Keeping Conversations Context Appropriate

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2011 10:44


    Natural Networking 3: Fostering Conversations and Discovering Connections

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2011 12:53


    Natural Networking 2: The Disconnect of Techniques and Formulas

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2011 7:03


    Natural Networking 1: Rethinking Networking for a New Economy

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2011 9:23


    Playing Favorites 5: Favoring Certain Workplace Cultures

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2011 11:15


    Playing Favorites 4: Favoring Certain Policies and Procedures

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2011 10:36


    Playing Favorites 3: Favoring Certain Technologies

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2011 10:24


    Playing Favorites 2: Favoring Certain People

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2011 10:01


    Playing Favorites 1: Office "Romances" That Backfire

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2011 5:41


    Hard Facts 5: Safe Enough to Risk Failure

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2011 9:16


    Hard Facts 4: Are There Opportunities To Connect and Belong Here?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2011 10:57


    Hard Facts 3: Will I Be Able To Learn and Develop Here?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2011 12:39


    Hard Facts 2: Can I Contribute and Make a Difference Here?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2011 14:43


    Hard Facts 1: The Hard Facts about Working with People

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2011 10:35


    Awkward Communication 5: The Diplomat

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2011 9:47


    Awkward Communication 4: The Nagger

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2011 11:24


    Awkward Communication 3: The Intimidator

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2011 11:41


    Awkward Communication 2: The Time-Bomb

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2011 10:43


    Awkward Communication 1: Learning to Embrace the Messiness of Reality

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2011 8:04


    Fake Goals 5: Goals That Are Double Standards

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2011 11:33


    Fake Goals 4: Goals That Are a Dangling Carrot

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2011 10:41


    Fake Goals 3: Goals That Are a Moving Target

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2011 10:30


    Fake Goals 2: Goals That Are Arbitrary

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2011 8:09


    Fake Goals 1: Goals That Are Vague

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2011 8:53


    Bridging the Work-Faith Divide 5: Becoming a Person of Influence and Impact

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2011 10:40


    Bridging the Work-Faith Divide 4: Collaboration, Empowerment and Accountability

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2011 10:40


    Bridging the Work-Faith Divide 3: Character Formation and Lifelong Learning

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2011 10:38


    Bridging the Work-Faith Divide 2: All Work as a Legitimate Calling

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2011 11:06


    Bridging the Work-Faith Divide 1: Becoming Whole Again

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2011 9:52


    Why We Hate Meetings 5: Not Acted On through Follow-Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2011 11:49


    Why We Hate Meetings 4: Not Resourced by Participation

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2011 10:31


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