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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: 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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Graphic Leadership: Facts vs. Opinions
A leader clearly understands the difference between a fact and an opinion, and let’s his/her followers know which one they are using when they speak. See the poster Expressing An Opinion for more on this subject. They teach their followers… Read More ›
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Graphic Leadership: Balance
Our physical, emotional, and spiritual resources are finite (see the poster entitled Limited for more on this subject). Consequently an effective leader knows how to consistently replenish all three internal sources of energy so as not to “run dry” in… Read More ›
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Graphic Leadership: Feeding Fears
. Earlier we saw that our Comfort Zone is encircled by a ring of fear – holding us back from the successes we desire (see the Comfort Zone and Uncomfortableness posters for more on this theme). Most of us have… Read More ›
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Graphic Leadership: A Crisis
In sales, we call it conducting an autopsy. When a buyer doesn’t purchase what we believe was a good fit for his or her business, we take time to stop and analyze whether or not there was anything that we… Read More ›
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Graphic Leadership: Edgy People
The poster says it well Edgy People Are On The Edge. A leader who wants to model healthy behaviors for his/her followers knows that maintaining margin in his/her life is essential. When a leader lives right up to the edge… Read More ›
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Graphic Leadership: INVEST vs. attach
When a wise leader invests time and energy into his/her followers, s/he distinguishes between “investment” and “attachment.” S/he invests in the follower but does not become attached to the outcome. Choosing to make an investment is under the control of… Read More ›
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