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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: Curiosity
No one would deny that a leader needs to be a constant learner. Nor that innate curiosity is a powerful force in maintaining constant learning. However, this poster speaks to the darker side of curiosity. This poster speaks to the… Read More ›
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Graphic Leadership: Hub Leadership
A “hub leader” is someone whose style always has him/her in the middle of the action. Their follower/spokes all must pass through the leader’s authority before connecting to the other spokes. The leader in this scenario quickly becomes a constriction… Read More ›
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Graphic Leadership: Limited
As a leader, you are limited. Limited physically, financially, emotionally, and mentally. Sound too basic? I have seen countless leaders and aspiring leaders who tried to ignore this simple fact from time to time with devastating effects on his/her physical… Read More ›
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Graphic Leadership: Looking Behind You
A friend of mine recently told me of an experience he had while taking racing lessons (he loves Corvettes). The instructor had him pull over to the side of the track and asked if he had a rag in the… Read More ›
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Graphic Leadership: Consider The Distance
Visionary leaders look into the future and anticipate the length of the race before s/he starts the race – pacing themselves so as to finish the race successfully. Younger leaders tend to initially run like it’s a sprint when indeed… Read More ›
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Graphic Leadership: Permanency
When a leader begins to adopt the belief that a given crisis is a permanent situation that is never going to resolve itself, the leader is at a disadvantage in mustering the mental, spiritual and emotional strength needed to manage… Read More ›
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Graphic Leadership: The End
A piece of wisdom that has stood the test of time is the phrase “The end doesn’t justify the means.”When a person or company only focuses on results and not the means of getting to the results, it’s easy to… Read More ›
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Graphic Leadership: Not Pervasive
When a leader begins to adopt a pessimistic view, one of the false beliefs that takes hold is the fact that the problem is pervasive throughout the organization (or his/her life). Of course this perspective of pervasiveness would add to… Read More ›
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Graphic Leadership: About You
A leader can become toxically responsible or dysfunctionally conscientious. When that happens s/he begins to take responsibility for everything that happens both within his/her sphere of control and for those things over which they have no control (i.e. market conditions,… Read More ›
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Graphic Leadership: Negotiation Preparation
Those who study the art of negotiation tell us repeatedly that lack of conviction is the number one mistake negotiators make particularly when it is about the price they’re asking for their product or service. A strong negotiator knows the… Read More ›
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