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

• Graphic Leadership: Dead Men Do Bleed

  By Dave Arch on March 17, 2013

  

  The story is told of a frustrated psychiatrist trying to convince his patient that the patient wasn’t dead.  “But I am dead,” the patient would vehemently protest.  “No you’re not,” the doctor would retort. Finally one day the doctor had… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: When Nice Isn’t Nice

  By Dave Arch on March 15, 2013

  

  I believe that “nice” people believe that they are taking the moral high road.  “Be nice, and then people will like you,” they might say. However, I have found that being “nice” more often than not is gutless, manipulative, and… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: Partial Cure For Anxiety

  By Dave Arch on March 15, 2013

  

  I remember a leadership retreat I attended where every participant went off by himself/herself in the afternoon to a place in the building where s/he could see no one and no one could see him/her for three hours.  One of… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: Integration

  By Dave Arch on March 13, 2013

  

  Have you ever heard a DJ on the radio and then were shocked when you saw him/her in person? “They sure don’t look like their voice,” you maybe said.The radio can tolerate great incongruency between a person’s appearance and their… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: Press The Pause Button

  By Dave Arch on March 10, 2013

  Strong leaders understand that they have the right to press the pause button on any discussion at any time. In fact that’s everyone’s prerogative not just a leader’s. If the leader’s thinking begins to get emotionally foggy to where clarity… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: First World Problems

  By Dave Arch on March 9, 2013

  

  In our desire to manage our stress as leaders, a global perspective helps. We tend to stress about “First World Problems” which makes sense since most who read this live in a “first world” country.  However, when put into a… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: Don’t Lead The Witness

  By Dave Arch on March 9, 2013

  

  Leaders who want to get truth from those who follow them learn to not ask leading questions. Oftentimes, a follower’s desire to please the leader is so strong that they will tell the leader what they believe the leader wants… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: Let Them Tell You

  By Dave Arch on March 7, 2013

  

  As tempting as it might be to tell them what to do . . .when delegating to another,  a great leader has his/her followers tell what they are going to do. In my experience, it has been far easier to… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: Training Others

  By Dave Arch on March 3, 2013

  

  When the leader decides that training is required for his or her followers, this poster about the Bob Pike’s Performance Cube provides a lot of food for thought and direction.  Thanks to The Bob Pike Group (http://bobpikegroup.com) for allowing me… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: Complacency

  By Dave Arch on March 3, 2013

  

  A leader understands that complacency occurs when goal setting stops. That can be goal setting in any number of areas including financial, career, health, personal development, social, or faith.  However, it is my belief that it is foundationally personal goal… Read More ›