There are phases/chapters of a leader’s life that can distract him/her from the truly important things in life. In the intense daily focus on paying the mortgage, putting food on the table, and clothes on the backs of our family,… Read More ›
Schedule Orientation
Graphic Leadership: Your Lake Of Resources
In this poster you’ll see a boat that has beached itself – driving full-speed ahead out of the lake and up on the sand. Notice the name of the lake. The lake represents the leaders finite spiritual, emotional, financial, physical,… Read More ›
Graphic Leadership: Your Time Account
Time is money is so cliche. Nevertheless, money is a quite accurate metaphor for time. Both are valuable. Both are in limited supply. However, with time as opposed to money, you can never check your balance. A wise leader understands… Read More ›
Graphic Leadership: Energy Allocation
Rather than thinking terms of minutes or hours involved in a project, discerning leaders process time allotment more in the context of their energy allocation. By way of example, a project that might take six hours to complete may actually… Read More ›
Graphic Leadership: Your Hourly Wage
Whether you are paid by the hour or not, the wise leader knows what his/her hourly wage is by taking the amount of money s/he makes and dividing that dollar amount by the number of hours s/he works. This “hourly… Read More ›
Graphic Leadership: Daily Do List
Andrew Carnegie at his heyday called in a time consultant and said, “Tell me how to get more out of my day. I only got 24 hours in a day. Tell me, tell me. How can I get more?” The… Read More ›
Graphic Leadership: Time Management
My favorite, most practical book on Time Management is the book, Getting Things Done by David Allen. I’ve given you a diagram here of his thesis for how to organize yourself in order to get things done in an efficient… Read More ›
Graphic Leadership: Perfectionism
In our desire to be bulletproof (safe from being criticized by others) it’s not hard to drift into perfectionism as depicted in this poster. At the far left end you see a little box. “I want to keep my room… Read More ›