As a leader, are you more of a glass half empty or a glass half full type of person? In other words, are you more of an Optimist or a Pessimist? I personally believe the best answer is “NO.” Martin… Read More ›
Passion
Graphic Leadership: Desire
David Sandler would oftentimes shock an audience of sales people by saying something like, “Could you achieve twice the number of sales this year as you did last year?” A resounding “no” would come back from the audience. Then he… Read More ›
Graphic Leadership: Character
As you saw on the Leadership Star poster, one of the points is labeled Character. Why? Take a look at the heart of this poster. Character speaks to a leader being a principled person. In any given situation, you may… 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: Standing In Line
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
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
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
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: Passion
We see passion as an indispensable component of leadership. But what is passion? Why is it so powerful? In the Charisma Poster, you will have seen the pyramid that you now see in this poster. We speak on many different… Read More ›