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 ›
Self Responsibility
Graphic Leadership: Mastery Leadership
Dr. Gio Valiante in his excellent book entitled Fearless Golf (which is as much about managing our fears in life as it is about the golf course) quotes Tiger Woods as saying that he does not compete against other golfers… Read More ›
Graphic Leadership: Ten Lies I Tell Myself
In his excellent book Taking Responsibility by Dr. Nathaniel Brandon, he addresses the ten most common beliefs that people use to excuse themselves from taking personal responsibility for where they find themselves in life. They’re listed on this poster. As… Read More ›
Graphic Leadership: Difficult Self Revelations
There is another poster entitled Self Revelations that speaks about the importance of a leader being vulnerable enough to express his/her own thoughts and feelings in order to successfully bond with his/her followers. This poster takes it a step further… Read More ›
Graphic Leadership: The Shrug
I don’t know of a non-verbal gesture that says more about a person than “The Shrug.” At its best it says “I don’t know.” However, that interpretation really gives The Shrugger the benefit of the doubt. More often than not… Read More ›
Graphic Leadership: Sins Of Omission
It has been my observation that some people have more trouble than others grasping the concept graphically depicted in this poster. “How could I be at fault when I didn’t do anything?” the follower might ask. The insightful leader replies… Read More ›
Graphic Leadership: Don’t Kick The Can
Politically the phrase kick the can down the road is often used when lawmakers pass a law that doesn’t take effect for years. They can look like they addressed the situation without personally needing to deal with the fallout from… Read More ›
Graphic Leadership: The Role Of Luck
It is this author’s opinion that too many people use the word “luck” as an attempt to avoid personal responsibility. “I’ve never been lucky.” “He’s always lucky.” sometimes are phrases they might toss around. Then there are those who would… Read More ›
Graphic Leadership: About You
A leader can become toxically responsible or dysfunctionally conscientious. When that happens s/he begins to take responsibility for everything that happens both within his/her sphere of control and for those things over which they have no control (i.e. market conditions,… Read More ›
Graphic Leadership: Work Never Done
Although the title might lead you to a different conclusion, this is not about the fact that “a leader’s work is never done” as true as that might be. Rather it has to do with what is probably the most… Read More ›
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