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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: The Mental Credit Card
Although this poster is certainly not physiologically correct, it seeks to portray what happens in the human mind as positive experiences and negative experiences enter that realm. When we’re young, as children, we don’t have the equipment for dealing with… Read More ›
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Graphic Leadership: Attachment Theory
If you Google the phrase, “Attachment Theory,” you’ll find much information. The concept was introduced to me in a book entitled, How We Love by Milan and Kay Yerkovich. “Attachment Theory” at its heart, speaks of children watching parents or… Read More ›
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Graphic Leadership: Comfort Zones
I remember when I was first sent this poster by a friend, and how I laughed out loud. In the upper left, you’ll see where the magic happens, all colorful, and exciting, and glittering. Down on the lower right hand… Read More ›
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Graphic Leadership: Behavioral Payoffs
It was on an early Dr. Phil television show when I heard him say, “Nobody does anything without a payoff. Nobody repeats a behavior without getting some kind of payoff from that behavior.” Figure out what the payoff is, extinguish… Read More ›
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Graphic Leadership: Behavior Modification
Anytime you want to change your followers behaviors, psychologists would call it Behavior Modification. Yet oftentimes a leader has never clearly defined what behaviors from their followers are getting in the way of productivity and which are contributing to… Read More ›
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Graphic Leadership: How A Mentor Thinks
Every leader needs a mentor. But here’s a poster that talks about a key component to get from your mentor. When being mentored, don’t pay as much attention to what your mentor does. You probably won’t be able to execute… Read More ›
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Graphic Leadership: The Partial Prototype
I love the story told by the inventor of the Palm Pilot. When he was getting ready to raise investments, he toured his potential investor groups with a block of wood that had some numbers scribbled on it to look… Read More ›
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Graphic Leadership: Dysfunctional Boundaries
As you first look at this poster, you’ll notice that one of the boxes is a solid line. The other is a dotted line. I happen to have the woman inside the dotted line boundaries since that is most frequently… Read More ›
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Graphic Leadership: Healthy Acceptance
This poster hopes to explore the differences between “Healthy Acceptance” and “Toxic Acceptance.” The battle cry in the workplace is “you need to accept me the way I am.” That may be true, but I believe there’s a healthy approach… Read More ›
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Graphic Leadership: Five Dysfunctions Of A Team
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni is certainly one of the few books on a short-bookshelf for the leader. At its heart, the book talks about the fact that the characteristics on that left side of the… Read More ›
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