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

• Graphic Leadership: A Velvet Covered Brick

  By Dave Arch on January 22, 2013

  

  My hope is that you’re enjoying this series. However, more than enjoying it, my hope is that you’re being reminded of key concepts essential to effective leadership. I think of a great leader as a velvet-covered brick (i.e. easy to… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: Giving Credit

  By Dave Arch on January 22, 2013

  

  My guess is we all have pet peeves about when people try to give us credit, compliments, or praise. I hate when it’s generic. I hate when it’s perfunctory. I hate when it’s, “Nice job!” So, here’s a formula for… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: Roosevelt’s Words

  By Dave Arch on January 22, 2013

  

  I would never attempt to improve on the words of Theodore Roosevelt when he wrote about leadership, and said: “It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: Languages Of Appreciation

  By Dave Arch on January 22, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  It started out as a book called Love Languages in which the author spoke about the different ways each of us receive praise, receive compliments, receive affirmations. For some, it’s words. You could just tell me, “Good job Dave, it… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: Personal Qualities For Giving Credit

  By Dave Arch on January 22, 2013

  

  When we talked about the poster How To Give Credit, we talked about the fact that giving a personal quality in the midst of that praise was a very strong feature, but many times we don’t have a very good… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: Difficult Conversations

  By Dave Arch on January 22, 2013

  

  If you would more often avoid difficult conversations than have them, you might find the book Difficult Conversations by Douglas Stone to be of help for you. I’ve diagrammed its main thesis here on this poster. He says, in essence,… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: Conflict Reactions

  By Dave Arch on January 22, 2013

  

  Before going to work on your own conflict reactions, it’s good to know exactly where you tend to automatically fall on this chart. You’ll see two axies. The horizontal axis reflects how cooperative you are when conflict arises. The vertical… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: The Pareto Principle

  By Dave Arch on January 22, 2013

  I encourage you after reading this commentary to take few moments Googling the phrase “Pareto Principle” and find all the different ways that this principle has been applied. Sometimes it’s referred to as the “80-20 Rule” — 20% of our… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: Daily Do List

  By Dave Arch on January 22, 2013

  

  Andrew Carnegie at his heyday called in a time consultant and said, “Tell me how to get more out of my day. I only got 24 hours in a day. Tell me, tell me. How can I get more?” The… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: The 6×6 Plan

  By Dave Arch on January 22, 2013

  

  Do you have any trouble maintaining intensity in your life? Do you have trouble keeping intensity around the goals, the accomplishments that you want to achieve? The 6×6 Plan might work for you. The question is simple, “What six things… Read More ›