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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: Training Others
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 ›
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Graphic Leadership: Complacency
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 ›
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Graphic Leadership: Volunteer
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 ›
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Graphic Leadership: The Anatomy Of An Irritation
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 ›
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Graphic Leadership: Truth Hurts
Truth Hurts is a truism that has stood the test of time. Maybe that’s why there’s a natural tendency to avoid looking the truth straight in the eyes. We don’t want to take a hard look at our true financial… Read More ›
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Graphic Leadership: Never Enough
If you’ve ever known someone who just couldn’t seem to find the productive energy that comes from gratefulness, you might consider this poster. Sometimes the person has encountered some event(s) s/he deemed so “unfair,” that no matter how many good… Read More ›
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Graphic Leadership: Negotiation Template
Adapted from the book entitled Negotiate To Win by Jim Thomas, I encourage my clients to make copies of this poster and have it padded to use as preparation anytime they are ready to enter a negotiation. Each of the… Read More ›
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Graphic Leadership: Self Discipline
It is my personal belief that everyone exercises self discipline. We all discipline ourselves. However, some people use more effective methods of discipline and hence achieve better results. Maybe we should stop for a moment and inspect the words “discipline”… Read More ›
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Graphic Leadership: Financial Incentives
A wise leader understands the wisdom of Howard Hawk’s (Founder of Tenaska) insight when he said, “We should never be surprised when someone acts in a way that corresponds with how we economically incentivize them to act.” From time to… Read More ›
