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 ›
Listening
Graphic Leadership: Self Knowledge
Know Thyself according to Wikipedia was inscribed on temple entrances in ancient Egypt. The truth of that statement has been subsequently reiterated by philosophers down through the ages. Here’s what continues to remain true today: If you know me better than… Read More ›
Graphic Leadership: Hostage Negotiation
There’s a proven model used by hostage negotiators that can lend some insight into building influence with a leader’s followers. The poster presents the model with the steps representing stages carried out over a period of time. Maybe the horizontal… Read More ›
Graphic Leadership: Boundaries and Choices
It has been my experience that many leaders tend towards black and white thinking in their earliest stages of growth and only grow into those able to compromise later in their development. Some of this I attribute to the strength… Read More ›
Graphic Leadership: Be Present
How easy it is for a leader’s mind to drift to the future or the past never enjoying or being fully present in what’s going on in the present. In its simplest form, it probably happens when a listener is… Read More ›
Graphic Leadership: 25 Communication Styles
Kevin FitzMaurice did the world of communication and its variety of dysfunctions a great service when he assembled the matrix depicted in this poster. Down the left hand side you’ll see the emotional reactions within a communication from that of… Read More ›
Graphic Leadership: Listen For Understanding Pocket Guide
This poster has been designed to be a laminated pocket card to carry in your wallet or purse for easy reference. In spite of the stereotypical view of a leader being that of a person standing on a mountain barking… Read More ›
Graphic Leadership: If You Sense It
A seasoned leader lives by the motto of this poster If you sense it … say it … gently. An amateur ignores signals from their followers when one of them sighs or rolls his/her eyes or suddenly pushes their chair… Read More ›
Graphic Leadership: Wishy Washy Compendium
Earlier in this series of articles we explored the necessity of a leader being tuned into identifying “Wishy Washy Words.” These are words that sound substantive but in reality carry little or no meaning. To help in the identifying of… Read More ›
Graphic Leadership: Out Introverted
One of the more challenging dynamics is when a more extroverted leader is trying to lead more introverted followers or vice versa. With an extroverted personality getting energy from being with people, and an introverted personality gaining their energy by… Read More ›