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

• Graphic Leadership: Transactional Analysis (PAC)

  By Dave Arch on January 8, 2013

  

  Sometimes referred to as “transactional analysis,” the “parent-adult-child” (PAC) model gives us a good starting place for understanding interactions with others and building our ability to connect as leaders. Those who study this particular model indicate that we talk to… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: Dysfunctional Transactional Analysis (PAC)

  By Dave Arch on January 8, 2013

  

  Looking at the panels on this poster you will see that the first one shows a large parent, smaller adult and smaller child. This picture of a person with a large Parental Ego State is probably a person who doesn’t… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: Unsolicited Advice

  By Dave Arch on January 7, 2013

  

  In seeking to build and maintain connections with your followers, it’s important to remember that unsolicited advice can often be viewed as criticism. That particular insight causes a leader to stop, think, and process before offering advice for which there… Read More ›

• Governance: Effective Delegation

  By Dave Arch on January 7, 2013

  

  Whether you delegate as part of your responsibilities in the magic club or whether you receive delegation as part of your responsibilities, this poster on effective delegation just might be of some help in clarifying where delegation might be positive… Read More ›

• 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 ›