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

• Graphic Leadership: Truth Hurts

  By Dave Arch on February 22, 2013

  

  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 ›

• Graphic Leadership: Never Enough

  By Dave Arch on February 21, 2013

  

  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 ›

• Graphic Leadership: Negotiation Template

  By Dave Arch on February 20, 2013

  

  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 ›

• Graphic Leadership: Self Discipline

  By Dave Arch on February 19, 2013

  

  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 ›

• Graphic Leadership: Financial Incentives

  By Dave Arch on February 18, 2013

  

  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 ›

• Graphic Leadership: Know Your Enemies

  By Dave Arch on February 18, 2013

  

  Great military leaders know the importance of gathering intelligence on the enemy and the strategic advantage that intelligence can give them going into battle. In business, it is no less important to know our competition. Adapted from the book entitled… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: Know When To Stop

  By Dave Arch on February 15, 2013

  

  Most leaders are risk takers.  Consequently, most leaders are gamblers of sorts.  When channeled, this characteristic can be magnificent in its ability to move people to places they would be too afraid to go without the leader.  When not managed,… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: The Origin Of Anger

  By Dave Arch on February 15, 2013

  

  With rare exception, anger is always a secondary emotion fueled by either fear or hurt. To be sure there are those instances where one is incensed by injustices done in the world to the point of anger or as it’s… Read More ›

• Governance: Accountability

  By Dave Arch on February 15, 2013

  

  This staple of management theory has stood the test of time.  “If everyone’s responsible for everything . . . then no one’s responsible for anything.” Accountability is only possible when there is singularity of ownership around every project. The movement… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: Tell Me More

  By Dave Arch on February 15, 2013

  

  Although the poster’s a little cheesy, I decided to keep it for the sake of memorability. The words “Tell Me More” need to be the first words that come out of a leaders mouth when one of their followers brings… Read More ›