Author Archives

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

• Graphic Leadership: Personalities

  By Dave Arch on March 5, 2015

  

  At some point early in our lives we each went over to a window and looked at the world – realizing that the world is a place where one could get seriously hurt not just physically but emotionally as well…. Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: Conversationalist

  By Dave Arch on February 15, 2015

  

  In Sandler’s Enterprise Selling™ curriculum, there is a diagram that in a simple picture explains how to carry on a conversation starting from a dead stop with anyone you might meet in a business setting.  In a magic club setting… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: Curing The Victim

  By Dave Arch on February 10, 2015

  

  A psychologist who mentored me oftentimes would listen to the whine of a victim complaining about this or that for costly minute after costly minute in the therapy session. At the conclusion of the venting, my mentor took a deep… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: Boss? or Leader?

  By Dave Arch on February 10, 2015

  What more needs to be said other than what the poster already says?  It’s really a self assessment tool. A Boss?  or A Leader?  Which one are you (and by what percentage)?  What needs to change for you to fully… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: Hockey and Leadership

  By Dave Arch on February 9, 2015

  

  The truly great hockey player, Wayne Gretzky, said it well when he said, “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” To the leader it means a sure way to fail is to not try.  Consequently, the strong leader… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: Your Worth

  By Dave Arch on February 9, 2015

  

  I’m consistently amazed at how much someone will pay for something that I wouldn’t spend a penny on. Just because I can’t see it’s worth doesn’t mean it isn’t worth to the other person what they paid for it.  We… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: Self Knowledge

  By Dave Arch on January 14, 2015

  

  A wise man once said, “If you know me better than I know myself, I’m at a real disadvantage in our relationship.” “Know yourself” has been an wise axiom down through the ages.  But how do we get to know… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: The Line Of Reality

  By Dave Arch on January 13, 2015

  

  There’s no substitute for a leader to remain in reality.  Elsewhere you can read about The Room Of Reality.  Here I introduce you to The Line Of Reality.  When a leader walks the line of reality s/he has a sober… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: Hostage Negotiation

  By Dave Arch on January 8, 2015

  

  There’s a proven model used by hostage negotiators that can lend some insight into building influence with a leader’s followers. The poster presents the model with the steps representing stages carried out over a period of time. Maybe the horizontal… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: How To Not Motivate

  By Dave Arch on October 18, 2014

  

  In an attempt to motivate, it is not unusual for leaders with the very best of intentions to turn to a counter-productive approach. S/he challenges the followers to reach for a certain level of performance. Upon reaching that level, the… Read More ›