by Art Petty | Feb 13, 2019 | Art of Managing, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
As leaders, we often fall victim to the belief that our teams need us to survive and thrive. In reality, if we’ve done our jobs right in selecting, developing, and placing people in the right positions, and worked hard to create a healthy environment, what they need...
by Art Petty | Jun 27, 2017 | First Time Manager Series
While your promotion to manager places some distance between you and your former team members, it opens up an entirely new and potentially valuable network of peers in other front-line management roles. One of your early tasks as a manager is to begin cultivating...
by Art Petty | Aug 5, 2011 | Leadership, Leading Change
The July/August issue of HBR focuses on the issues around building collaboration into the workplace. It’s required reading for all of us. If you’ve spent any amount of time inside the walls of an organization, you understand the promise and perils of...
by Art Petty | Aug 2, 2011 | Uncategorized
Note from Art: I’m excited to feature another great guest post from Hay Group here at Management Excellence. As I mentioned in my intro note to the first post with Scott Spreier (The Trouble with Leadership By the Numbers), I was a happy customer of Hay’s...
by Art Petty | Aug 13, 2010 | Leadership, Uncategorized
It’s easy to get caught up in departmental or team squabbles inside of organizations. My advice: stay clear, stay out of it and learn to think and act for yourself. Some functional squabbles are legendary. Sales versus Marketing. Marketing versus Development....
