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

• 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 ›

• Graphic Leadership: Symptoms vs. Causes

  By Dave Arch on March 2, 2013

  

  Warning: If you want to spend a little time trying to figure out the brainteaser for yourself , please don’t read any further. If you don’t panic at the thought of mathematics, solving the brainteaser in this poster is really… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: Volunteer

  By Dave Arch on February 27, 2013

  

  What if you aren’t a leader in your organization yet.  However, you’d like to increasingly be viewed as a leader.  This poster gives you one of the key components for attaining that brand. Many of whom I work with struggle… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: The Anatomy Of An Irritation

  By Dave Arch on February 27, 2013

  

  Some leaders will never become great leaders because they are too afraid that they’ll irritate people with the decisions they make. Statistics show that the average person gets irritated some sixty times per day.I’m sitting in traffic only to see… Read More ›