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

• Graphic Leadership: The Relationship Pyramid

  By Dave Arch on January 7, 2013

  

  A gentleman, by the name of Dr. Al VerBerg wrote on a napkin for me in the early 1970s. He said in all of his counselling, he had never found anything that described a strong relationship better than this pyramid…. Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: Gender Differences

  By Dave Arch on January 7, 2013

  

    One of the most stressful situations in life is when one tries to make one gender like the other gender and then gets frustrated because they just aren’t the same. In this particular poster entitled Gender Differences I attempt… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: Charisma

  By Dave Arch on January 7, 2013

    Certainly, in a leader’s skill set, Charisma is an indispensable component. Understanding charisma mechanically is the goal of this poster. Based on face validity, we have all experienced that we interact at different levels – being selective about how… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: Vision Creation

  By Dave Arch on January 5, 2013

  

  Certainly, one role of a leader is to cast a vision for where an organization department can be. So that as people follow, they follow the leader to his or her vision of what could be. As you look at… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: Effective Goal Setting

  By Dave Arch on January 5, 2013

  

  Effective Goal Setting — you’ll see my quote there on that poster. The goals I set for myself had better be goals over which I have control. Any other goals are only wishful thinking. I like a fellow who said… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: Standing In Line

  By Dave Arch on January 5, 2013

  

  When people start hearing that I make posters with sayings and diagrams, they start sharing with me their favourite sayings. This quote comes from the head of a business unit at Tenaska, and I believe he called it his state… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: Inner Drive

  By Dave Arch on January 5, 2013

  

  No doubt you’ve seen people who needed to always be externally motivated. If someone wasn’t standing over them with a stick, they just didn’t do anything. And then, you see others who’d get up day after day, after day, after… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: Motivating vs. Motivated

  By Dave Arch on January 5, 2013

  

  I can be no more motivating than I am motivated. Many people say to me, “I want to be able to motivate people.” “I want to be able to motivate others.” “I want to be able to move those that… Read More ›

• Governance: Scarcity vs. Abundance

  By Dave Arch on January 3, 2013

  A leader inspires. A leader energizes others. Very often, that energy comes from whether the person has chosen the Scarcity Mentality or the Abundance Mentality. Let’s begin unpacking this subject with the Scarcity Mentality. You can look immediately and see… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: Emotional Composure

  By Dave Arch on January 3, 2013

  

  I like how one person said it, “Discuss your emotions; don’t display your emotions.” A leader knows the importance of emotional composure in maintaining the trust of his or her followers. What is it? How does one acquire it? How… Read More ›