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Internal Leadership and Development Consultant at Tenaska and Executive Director Of The Omaha Magical Society.
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Meeting Theme: Mystery Props
• We had a display of as many unusual/rarely seen magic props as we had tables of people. • Each table selected one of the props and spent twenty minutes creating a routine using their selected prop. • Then we… Read More ›
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Magic Club Resource Catalog 2
Containing a no cost young magicians’ curriculum (complete with online video reinforcement), a podcast for growing your leadership skills on-the-go, and a magic discussion deck template for generating magic discussion in your magic club between your newest member to your… Read More ›
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Meeting Theme: Impromptu Magic
• We had a place setting at each of four or five tables with a host or hostess at each table selected for their knowledge of magic and ability to let others contribute to the discussion. • As usual, the… Read More ›
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Magic Club Resource Catalog 1
A club online video library, weekly short email essays on enhancing your members’ performance skills, an online leadership self assessment, a video with ten proven principles for building a magic club, a blog with over 300 leadership posts and monthly… Read More ›
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Graphic Leadership: The 20% Margin Principle
Experience eventually teaches a magic club that without at least a 20% margin, shrinkage begins to occur. • Once a magic club’s meeting room consistently fills to 80% of its capacity, members will start taking turns coming to the meetings;… Read More ›
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Graphic Leadership: Intensity
Many leaders I work with have a capability for intensity beyond that of the average person. That strength only remains a strength if it is managed in all three areas of communication. The above poster illustrates a continuum of intensity… Read More ›
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Graphic Leadership: Tunnel Vision
Although there are many places where the term “tunnel vision” might be applied to leadership, in this post the application specifically addresses the driven leader who thrives on daily accomplishment after accomplishment while overlooking his/her own personal/internal growth and development…. Read More ›
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Graphic Leadership: Obscurity vs. Significance
When the word “leader” is spoken, there are certain names that immediately come to mind including Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. Or from the past there are the leaders of Abraham Lincoln, Harriet Tubman, Winston Churchill and others. Nevertheless during… Read More ›
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Graphic Leadership: Evaluating Your Day
As a leader ends his/her day, it’s normal to ask a question of evaluation in terms of how successful the day might or might not have been. However, how that question is phrased in the mind of the leader has… Read More ›
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Graphic Leadership: Factor “Ego Investment”
If the term “Ego Investment” is new to you, I’m confident the concept is not. The level of your own “ego investment” depends on how much time, energy, and financial resources you’ve sunk into a person or project. The rule… Read More ›
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