“S/he’s a lot to get past” is often a comment made about someone. Usually that means that they aren’t easy to get to know. Sometimes it’s the fact that they’re too quiet and it’s like “pulling teeth” to get any… Read More ›
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Graphic Leadership: People’s Own Data
As soon as the growing leader understands that people don’t tend to argue with their own data, s/he begins to look for more sophisticated ways in which to lead their direct reports. Telling them what to do begins to appear… Read More ›
Graphic Leadership: When Nice Isn’t Nice
I believe that “nice” people believe that they are taking the moral high road. “Be nice, and then people will like you,” they might say. However, I have found that being “nice” more often than not is gutless, manipulative, and… Read More ›
Graphic Leadership: Integration
Have you ever heard a DJ on the radio and then were shocked when you saw him/her in person? “They sure don’t look like their voice,” you maybe said.The radio can tolerate great incongruency between a person’s appearance and their… Read More ›
Graphic Leadership: Confidence
Managing your fears. Every leader needs to know how to not ignore fears, but manage their fears. This poster gives us two components to the management of fears, the physiological and psychological. The fear center in the brain is called… 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: Success and Possessions
When one begins to pursue success, there’s a trap awaiting discovery. Many people purchase things in order to help them feel successful. If they’re wearing the right clothes, driving the right car, living in the right neighborhood, they feel successful. … Read More ›
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