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• Graphic Leadership: Diffuse A Bomb

  By Dave Arch on July 27, 2013

  

  Wise advice by David Sandler is to “Diffuse a bomb before it blows.” The strong leader doesn’t wait for an issue to be raised by one of his followers. If the leader knows there’s an issue, s/he brings up the… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: The Future

  By Dave Arch on July 24, 2013

  

  David Sandler said it well when he said, “When you want to know the future, bring it back to the present.” In a real world example, it sounds something like this: “If I tell you I will pay the price… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: Choices

  By Dave Arch on July 23, 2013

  

  A choice is not a choice if you can’t do anything else than what you choose to do.  You cannot choose to compromise in a negotiation unless you have the strength in yourself not to compromise.  Until you have the… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: Try

  By Dave Arch on July 23, 2013

  

  When used in conjunction with a behavior over which you have control, the word “try” is a wishy-washy word that only weakens the strength of a leader. As the poster shows a car stopping at a red light, the ridiculousness… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: What We Don’t Know

  By Dave Arch on July 23, 2013

  

  A strong leader keeps hubris at bay and their willingness to learn at a consistently high level by remembering that no matter how old we get we will never know what we don’t know. This simple conviction acts as a… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: Don’t Be A Pack Rat

  By Dave Arch on July 23, 2013

  

  I’m not speaking about hoarding here although that also is a worthy theme for a leader to consider (see the Eliminate and Concentrate poster for more on this subject). Instead I’m speaking of a very unusual characteristic of the rodent… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: Work Never Done

  By Dave Arch on July 18, 2013

  

  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 ›

• Graphic Leadership: Other’s Emotions

  By Dave Arch on July 17, 2013

  

  A leader understands the temptation to express other’s emotions for them. They might be staying calm in the situation. However, the leader might get so angry at the manner in which the follower was treated that s/he goes on and… Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: Discomfort Won’t Kill You

  By Dave Arch on July 16, 2013

  

  Dare to stare discomfort in the face.  In fact, stare it down.  It won’t kill you.  However, if you don’t stare it down, it might.  It might kill your joy, your enthusiasm, and your personal growth and satisfaction from life…. Read More ›

• Graphic Leadership: Failures and Success

  By Dave Arch on July 11, 2013

  

  Abraham Lincoln demonstrates this in a rather dramatic fashion. 1816: His family was forced out of their home. Abraham Lincoln’s father, Thomas, had owned farmland in Hardin County, Kentucky, since the early 1800s, and he left Kentucky and moved his… Read More ›

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