Leaders who want to get truth from those who follow them learn to not ask leading questions. Oftentimes, a follower’s desire to please the leader is so strong that they will tell the leader what they believe the leader wants… Read More ›
Influence
Graphic Leadership: Languages Of Appreciation
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: 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 ›
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 ›
Graphic Leadership: Charisma
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
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
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: Life’s Report Card
When considering what success means to you, it’s important to consider your ultimate definition in the context of all areas of your life. If I came home from school with a report card that had two D’s, two F’s, a… Read More ›
Graphic Leadership: The Trust Equation
A leader cannot be a leader without the trust of his or her followers. The Trust Equation helps make trust (a rather abstract concept) very concrete by comparing it to a mathematical equation. Before I can trust anyone, I must… Read More ›
Graphic Leadership: The 360 Leader
As you work your way through the posters on this blog, you’ll find yourself applying it to at least four dimensions of leadership. First will be how you lead yourself? How do these techniques apply to leading yourself? I believe… Read More ›
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