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

• Graphic Leadership: What We Don’t Know

  By Dave Arch on July 23, 2013

  

  A strong leader keeps hubris at bay and their willingness to learn at a consistently high level by remembering that no matter how old we get we will never know what we don’t know. This simple conviction acts as a… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: Don’t Be A Pack Rat

  By Dave Arch on July 23, 2013

  

  I’m not speaking about hoarding here although that also is a worthy theme for a leader to consider (see the Eliminate and Concentrate poster for more on this subject). Instead I’m speaking of a very unusual characteristic of the rodent… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: Work Never Done

  By Dave Arch on July 18, 2013

  

  Although the title might lead you to a different conclusion, this is not about the fact that “a leader’s work is never done” as true as that might be. Rather it has to do with what is probably the most… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: Other’s Emotions

  By Dave Arch on July 17, 2013

  

  A leader understands the temptation to express other’s emotions for them. They might be staying calm in the situation. However, the leader might get so angry at the manner in which the follower was treated that s/he goes on and… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: Discomfort Won’t Kill You

  By Dave Arch on July 16, 2013

  

  Dare to stare discomfort in the face.  In fact, stare it down.  It won’t kill you.  However, if you don’t stare it down, it might.  It might kill your joy, your enthusiasm, and your personal growth and satisfaction from life…. Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: Failures and Success

  By Dave Arch on July 11, 2013

  

  Abraham Lincoln demonstrates this in a rather dramatic fashion. 1816: His family was forced out of their home. Abraham Lincoln’s father, Thomas, had owned farmland in Hardin County, Kentucky, since the early 1800s, and he left Kentucky and moved his… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: Your Castle

  By Dave Arch on July 9, 2013

  

  Reminiscent of the Identity vs. Role leadership poster, David Sandler reminds us that we are safe inside our personal castle into which no one can enter without our permission. Too many people make no distinction between their “inside world” –… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: Be The Person

  By Dave Arch on July 9, 2013

  

  Although this was originally given as a piece of dating advice in that an individual who’s seeking the “right person” for marriage needs to focus on being the person the person they’re looking for is looking for; it’s application to… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: Levels Of Motivation

  By Dave Arch on July 8, 2013

  

  In Patrick Lencioni’s book entitled The Three Signs Of A Miserable Job, he says that a job in which a person feels anonymous, thinks his/her job doesn’t matter, and has no way to assess their own progress will eventually leave… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: Delayed Gratification

  By Dave Arch on July 8, 2013

  In this poster, you see a marathon runner passing restaurant after restaurant with the finish line clearly in her sights – delaying the instant gratification of stopping and walking into one of the restaurants for a delicious piece of apple… Read More ›