Research indicates that the average emotion lasts only ninety seconds UNLESS coupled with a story. Like oxygen to a fire a story coupled to an emotion can keep that emotion burning for hours, days, or even decades. Deprive your emotions… Read More ›
Emotional Composure
Graphic Leadership: Intensity
Many leaders I work with have a capability for intensity beyond that of the average person. That strength only remains a strength if it is managed in all three areas of communication. The above poster illustrates a continuum of intensity… Read More ›
Graphic Leadership: Obscurity vs. Significance
When the word “leader” is spoken, there are certain names that immediately come to mind including Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. Or from the past there are the leaders of Abraham Lincoln, Harriet Tubman, Winston Churchill and others. Nevertheless during… Read More ›
Graphic Leadership: Factor “Ego Investment”
If the term “Ego Investment” is new to you, I’m confident the concept is not. The level of your own “ego investment” depends on how much time, energy, and financial resources you’ve sunk into a person or project. The rule… Read More ›
Graphic Leadership: Cynicism
An attitude of cynicism on the part of the leader can cripple that leader’s effectiveness. Believing that stress (and hurt) is cumulative, over time life can deal more than enough blows for repeated bouts of grief of loss for the average… Read More ›
Graphic Leadership: 50/50
A mature leader learns to avoid black and white thinking particularly in the area of conflict between two individuals. In adult relationships (as opposed to adult-children relationships), seldom is one person the victim and the other person the victimizer. Most… Read More ›
Graphic Leadership: More Than My Share
Maintaining a spirit of gratefulness can be challenging for most leaders. Yet the leader will be hard-pressed to find a more significant internal energy source for meeting the demands of his/her responsibilities. In generating a spirit of gratefulness, there is… Read More ›
Graphic Leadership: Ten Strategies For Success
Here’s a list of ten behaviors that must be left behind if a leader is to attain and then maintain success. A beneficial exercise is to take each item on the list individually seeking to articulate your theories behind why… Read More ›
Graphic Leadership: The Reaction Continuum
A leader understands that not only does s/he have a choice as to whether or not to react to any situation but also how intense that response will be. The extremes of this continuum are the most intense (and also… Read More ›
Graphic Leadership: Adrenaline
That drug that’s released to bring us extra energy during a crisis or a euphoric high in a moment of elation can be addictive to a leader. The leader may intensify a situation to either be worse than it really… Read More ›
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