http://artpetty.com Leadership, Management and Professional Development Tue, 22 May 2012 11:58:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 copyright by Art Petty, 2011 art.petty@artpetty.com (Art Petty) art.petty@artpetty.com (Art Petty) 1440 http://artpetty.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Lcpodcast144x144.png http://artpetty.com 144 144 http://artpetty.com/feed/podcast Leadership Caffeine Podcast Host Art Petty interviews leaders, leadership authors, management thinkers and other professionals about creating high performance teams and organizations and developing effective leaders at all levels, during this weekly program. The goal is to share practical, powerful ideas to help listeners improve their performance and the performance of their teams and organizations. Caffene, Ldrshp, Profesional, Dev, Ledership, Ldrshp, Caffeine, Proff'l, Dev Art Petty Art Petty art.petty@artpetty.com no no http://artpetty.com/2012/05/03/moving-forward-on-what-matters/ http://artpetty.com/2012/05/03/moving-forward-on-what-matters/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 14:37:28 +0000 Art Petty http://artpetty.com/?p=7549 Whether professional or personal, it seems that most of us carry around ideas and dreams that inspire us and give us hope for our future. Unfortunately, many of us don't do much more than think about those dreams as they age and then spoil in our mental cellars. Here are 6 slightly different ideas to help you get going on pursuing yours:

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]]> http://artpetty.com/2012/04/19/professional-courtesy/feed/ 8 http://artpetty.com/2012/04/17/the-cruel-bitter-and-crushing-taste-of-dump-truck-feedback/ http://artpetty.com/2012/04/17/the-cruel-bitter-and-crushing-taste-of-dump-truck-feedback/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:24:27 +0000 Art Petty http://artpetty.com/?p=7481 Right after avoiding it, the most commonly employed managerial strategy for dealing with feedback is, delaying it. The first approach is poor form… the latter approach is cruel.

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]]> http://artpetty.com/2011/04/11/leadership-caffeine-making-time-to-glimpse-the-future-and-re-think/feed/ 10 http://artpetty.com/2011/04/04/leadership-caffeine-coping-with-workplace-critics/ http://artpetty.com/2011/04/04/leadership-caffeine-coping-with-workplace-critics/#comments Mon, 04 Apr 2011 13:05:35 +0000 Art Petty http://artpetty.com/?p=5650 I’ve yet to accomplish anything worth a damn when I didn’t have a fair number of critics lined up and all too happy to tell me why I was out of my mind. It’s a fair bet you’ve seen this before as well. In my experience, the more audacious and creative the idea, program or strategy, the more vocal the critics become. Here are five ideas to help you cope with the worst of your workplace critics.

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]]> http://artpetty.com/2011/03/27/arts-latest-workshops-and-a-peek-at-a-new-book-and-2-upcoming-programs/feed/ 4 http://artpetty.com/2011/03/16/management-excellence-toolkit-part-4-improve-your-estimating-and-forecasting-effectiveness/ http://artpetty.com/2011/03/16/management-excellence-toolkit-part-4-improve-your-estimating-and-forecasting-effectiveness/#comments Wed, 16 Mar 2011 14:37:41 +0000 Art Petty http://artpetty.com/?p=5460 Your decisions define you as a leader and a manager, yet we spend very little time in our busy lives finding ways to improve our abilities in this area. This Management Excellence Toolkit Series will help you recognize the challenges and pitfalls of individual and group decision-making and offer ideas on improving performance for you and your co-workers. In this segment, I focus on the issues surrounding forecasting and estimating errors, and I offer a number of ideas to improve performance for these important activities.

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