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

• Graphic Leadership: The Grief Cycle

  By Dave Arch on February 3, 2013

  

  Whenever change occurs, there’s a process of grief originally identified by Elizabeth Kubler Ross.  In spite of the fact that a person can rather quickly logically/rationalize their way through a change, anyone who has ever gone through a divorce knows… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: Labeling

  By Dave Arch on February 3, 2013

  The story is told of a farmer whose only horse ran away.  All his neighbors expressed how sorry they were at this unfortunate turn of events.  He replied, “Maybe.” Within days the horse returned with seven other horses it had… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: Networking

  By Dave Arch on January 28, 2013

  

  As you look at this poster, it might remind you of another poster entitled Effective Delegation. Effective Delegation had only one inside square in which you were graphically taught to delegate authority and not just a task. So, as we… Read More ›

• 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 ›