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

• Graphic Leadership: History vs. Healthy

  By Dave Arch on December 8, 2013

  

  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 ›

• Graphic Leadership: Energy Allocation

  By Dave Arch on December 6, 2013

  

  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 ›

• Graphic Leadership: Post Turtle

  By Dave Arch on December 2, 2013

  

  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 ›

• Graphic Leadership: Contentment and Complacency

  By Dave Arch on November 29, 2013

  

  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 ›

• Graphic Leadership: Held Hostage

  By Dave Arch on November 29, 2013

  “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 ›

• Graphic Leadership: Relationships In Context

  By Dave Arch on November 25, 2013

  

  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 ›

• Graphic Leadership: Pacing

  By Dave Arch on November 18, 2013

  

  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 ›

• Graphic Leadership: Facts vs. Opinions

  By Dave Arch on November 14, 2013

  

  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 ›

• Graphic Leadership: Balance

  By Dave Arch on November 4, 2013

  

  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 ›

• Graphic Leadership: Feeding Fears

  By Dave Arch on November 4, 2013

  

  . 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 ›