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Internal Leadership and Development Consultant at Tenaska and Executive Director Of The Omaha Magical Society.
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Graphic Leadership: It’s Enough
For some leaders it’s never good enough, fast enough, or big enough. Those beliefs typically are false beliefs held by the leader about himself/herself and his/her followers. Such an attitude demoralizes at all levels. It’s a small step from believing… Read More ›
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Graphic Leadership: Independence vs. Interdependence
Too many “leaders” are like the man in the poster – standing on an island and calling for his followers to come over and join him. He got there on his own. Surely they should too. But did he really… Read More ›
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Graphic Leadership: Your Equal
A leader understands that many principles relating to successful marriages can be applied to improve the relationships among his/her followers. In the context of this poster, if a leader is looking for true partners to carry the load, s/he must… Read More ›
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Graphic Leadership: History vs. Healthy
A mature leader doesn’t confuse the fact that s/he’s had a relationship or history with someone for a long time with whether or not that relationship is a healthy relationship. In fact, many times the longer we’ve been in a… Read More ›
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Graphic Leadership: Energy Allocation
Rather than thinking terms of minutes or hours involved in a project, discerning leaders process time allotment more in the context of their energy allocation. By way of example, a project that might take six hours to complete may actually… Read More ›
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Graphic Leadership: Post Turtle
I believe the term Post Turtle was originally a derogatory term used about politicians (i.e. They can’t get there by themselves. They can’t get down by themselves. And while up there, they can’t do anything.) The poster reminds the leader… Read More ›
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Graphic Leadership: Contentment and Complacency
Contented is not a word that many leaders want used to describe him/her. They want to be seen as a “hard charger” or “driven for success.” However, I believe many times the leader has merely confused the word content with… Read More ›
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Graphic Leadership: Held Hostage
“If I lose this job, I don’t know what we’ll do for food.” “If you throw me out of the house, I just might kill myself.” “If you don’t give me this promotion, I’m seriously thinking of leaving the company.”… Read More ›
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Graphic Leadership: Relationships In Context
Leaders are consciously aware that no one given relationship should ever be viewed outside the context of all the other relationships that the leader might presently have or ever has had. Whereas if kept in a “relationally tight box,” any… Read More ›
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Graphic Leadership: Pacing
It’s not hard for a leader to out-pace his/her followers. Many times s/he cares about achieving the goal more than the followers. Consequently, s/he has more ego investment in attaining the goal and spends more time thinking about the best… Read More ›
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