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Internal Leadership and Development Consultant at Tenaska and Executive Director Of The Omaha Magical Society.

• Graphic Leadership: Obscurity vs. Significance

  By Dave Arch on March 6, 2020

  

  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 ›

• Graphic Leadership: Evaluating Your Day

  By Dave Arch on March 6, 2020

  

  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 ›

• Graphic Leadership: Factor “Ego Investment”

  By Dave Arch on November 3, 2019

  

  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 ›

• Graphic Leadership: Managing Consistency

  By Dave Arch on July 11, 2019

  

  One of my earlier blog posts had to do with the Trust Equation.  That equation contains the indispensable quality of consistency in a leader of positive leadership behaviors if trust is to ever be given to that leader by a follower. However,… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: Self Knowledge

  By Dave Arch on May 16, 2019

  

  Know Thyself according to Wikipedia was inscribed on temple entrances in ancient Egypt.  The truth of that statement has been subsequently reiterated by philosophers down through the ages. Here’s what continues to remain true today: If you know me better than… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: Cynicism

  By Dave Arch on May 15, 2019

  

  An attitude of cynicism on the part of the leader can cripple that leader’s effectiveness.  Believing that stress (and hurt) is cumulative, over time life can deal more than enough blows for repeated bouts of grief of loss for the average… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: No One Will Pay You

  By Dave Arch on April 25, 2019

  

  There are phases/chapters of a leader’s life that can distract him/her from the truly important things in life. In the intense daily focus on paying the mortgage, putting food on the table, and clothes on the backs of our family,… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: Three Perspectives

  By Dave Arch on January 9, 2019

  

  The first perspective has much to do with the present and what you believe you deserve.  It’s the bedrock of gratitude.  A sense of entitlement only gets in its way. The second perspective has to do with the future and… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: Standard of Living vs. Quality of Life

  By Dave Arch on January 9, 2019

  

  Isn’t it obvious when you say it aloud? However, lurking in the shadows of our belief system might easily and understandably be the very opposite of this equation, and the leader begins to pursue a higher standard of living believing that… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: 50/50

  By Dave Arch on July 5, 2018

  

  A mature leader learns to avoid black and white thinking particularly in the area of conflict between two individuals. In adult relationships (as opposed to adult-children relationships), seldom is one person the victim and the other person the victimizer.  Most… Read More ›