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

• Graphic Leadership: Positional vs. Earned Authority

  By Dave Arch on May 16, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  1974 was a watershed year in the United States.  Our President resigned from office over what became known as the Watergate Scandal.  It was the culmination of a series of events not the least which was the United State’s involvement… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: Sharing Your Opinion

  By Dave Arch on May 10, 2013

  

  A leader already has a certain amount of earned power that has to be managed.  Consequently, it is essential that s/he considers how s/he shares his/her opinion.  It must always be stated as merely one person’s opinion to receive maximum… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: Withdraw The Thought

  By Dave Arch on May 10, 2013

  

  You’ve certainly seen this strategy used on courtroom television dramas when an attorney makes a clearly out of bounds statement about the innocence or guilt of the defendant, and the other attorney objects. The first attorney then quickly withdraws their… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: Give Advice By Asking Questions

  By Dave Arch on May 9, 2013

  

  As we saw in a previous poster entitled Unsolicited Advice, “Unsolicited advice can be viewed as criticism.” Nevertheless, there are times when we wish to give another peer or even superior advice.  What approach does a leader use? If a… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: Failure

  By Dave Arch on May 9, 2013

  

  In 1970 revered Baseball Hall of Famer, Mickey Mantle said, “During my 18 years I came to bat almost 10,000 times. I struck out about 1,700 times times and walked about 1,800 times. You figure a ballplayer will average about… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: Want vs. Need

  By Dave Arch on May 7, 2013

  

  A leader makes it a discipline to know the difference (and mentally enforce the difference) between a “want” and a “need.”  A leader often wants something to happen but doesn’t need something to happen.  A leader may want someone in… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: Frame Your Future

  By Dave Arch on May 6, 2013

  

  A tool for goal setting that I’ve tried and found to be quite successful is the hanging of an empty picture frame on a wall.  The painting is entitled My Future.  I then take a piece of paper and describe… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: Boundary Protection

  By Dave Arch on May 6, 2013

  

  There are people who seem to have no understanding of personal boundaries and respecting the boundaries of others whether those boundaries be physical, emotional, or verbal.  They’ll stand in your space, they’ll ask questions about your personal life, and they’ll… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: Give Yourself A Raise

  By Dave Arch on May 5, 2013

  

  As we’ve mentioned before, most leaders know how much they’re paid per hour even if they aren’t paid by the hour (see the poster Your Hourly Wage for more on this subject).  When we visited that poster, we said that… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: The Tombstone Test

  By Dave Arch on May 5, 2013

  

  It’s a simple exercise that can yield profound results. “What do you want written on your tombstone following your death?” Your answer to that question will bring to the surface those values that are most important to you – those… Read More ›