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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: First World Problems
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 ›
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Graphic Leadership: Don’t Lead The Witness
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 ›
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Graphic Leadership: Let Them Tell You
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 ›
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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: Symptoms vs. Causes
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 ›
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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 ›
