Leadership Caffeine™ Podcast: Dan McCarthy Interview

I'm excited to announce the launch of my new podcast series: The Leadership Caffeine Podcast, and I'm thrilled that Dan McCarthy, the proprietor of the Great Leadership blog, is here as my first guest. Join us as Dan shares his thoughts and expertise on topics ranging from writing and sustaining a great blog to developing as a new leader in this fast-moving world. While you may know Dan through his blog posts, hearing from Dan will only strengthen your perception of this great professional! This was a fun, easy-going conversation with someone I truly admire. I hope that you enjoy this inaugural episode of The Leadership Caffeine podcast. And stay tuned...future programs include such noteworthy professionals as Kevin Oakes, John Baldoni, Kevin Eikenberry and Linda Finkle.

By |2016-10-22T17:11:37-05:00August 3rd, 2011|Leadership Caffeine Podcast|2 Comments

Nine Key Professional Capabilities Required By Our Times

There’s no doubt we live in interesting times…a true Dickensian Best of Times, Worst of Times environment, filled with remarkable opportunities and equally remarkable personal, competitive, societal and global challenges. Over the past few years and few thousand contacts with professionals on the topic(s) of developing as a professional and developing as a leader, a number of key “capabilities needed for success in these times” have emerged as recurring themes in discussions and group settings. Importantly, these themes or as I describe them, Capabilities, Attributes & Behaviors (CABs) are essential for success at both the individual and organizational levels.

Best of Leadership Caffeine™: A Leader’s Resolutions are Calendar Blind

While it is natural for us to focus on resolutions as we approach the new year, the best leaders understand that improved performance requires an unrelenting, year-long focus on personal and professional development. Instead of joining the masses in pursuit of a ridiculous list of soon-to-be forgotten resolutions (along with those fitness goals), consider this approach to continuous leadership improvement:

By |2016-10-22T17:11:44-05:00December 28th, 2010|Career, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine|2 Comments

November Leadership Development Carnival: Early Bird Edition

Thanks to the hard work of all-around great guy and great blogger, Dan McCarthy at Great Leadership (that's a lot of great!), you once again have an opportunity to peruse 40 great posts from people passionate about all things leadership and professional development. Dan graciously has assembled content from far and wide to educate, entertain and stimulate ideas. Check out the line-up at the latest edition of the Leadership Development Carnival (Early Bird Edition).

By |2016-10-22T17:11:46-05:00November 7th, 2010|Career, Leadership|0 Comments

August, 2010 Leadership Development Carnival

Many thanks to Jason Seiden for hosting the August Leadership Development Carnival. The Carnivals are outstanding opportunities to sample the favorite posts of some of your favorite leadership and business bloggers and to discover some great new talent. I'm grateful to Jason for running my recent post on Decision-Making along with so many outstanding contributions from other bloggers. Have fun, enjoy the blog and stay for Jason's great content!

By |2016-10-22T17:11:49-05:00August 1st, 2010|Leadership|0 Comments

5 Actions to Improve Leadership Development in Your Firm

When it comes to leadership development, sweeping corporate mandates and expensive training initiatives are rarely as effective as consistent blocking and tackling. Your own practices are capable of creating a new and next generation of professionals that carry the right approaches and ultimately innovate and improve upon your achievements.

By |2016-10-22T17:11:52-05:00June 15th, 2010|Leadership, Uncategorized|0 Comments

How Not to Build a Better Leader!

I had a great conversation the other day with a talented twenty-something who just exudes confidence, competence and excitement about her career and her interest in professional development. Her reviews are top flight, she has been managing a major client account to great results, and she is actively pursuing her M.B.A. degree. This is one motivated young professional! It’s too bad that her biggest dilemma is, “My job is fine, but I’m starting to get bored. I want some bigger challenges and I want to lead, and they keep telling me that they are working on a program for that."

By |2016-10-22T17:11:58-05:00December 8th, 2009|Uncategorized|4 Comments

My Personal Journey Towards Building Better Leaders

Note from Art: I’m taking time out from my usual blogging activities today to share with you a bit about the background and approach of my new program and website: Building Better Leaders. After conducting more discussions than I can count with professionals in product management, project management, marketing, new first-time leaders, those interested in leading, technical professionals thrust into leadership, I decided to create something that would solve the problems of: practical content, cost, access, sustainability and guidance. Enter Building Better Leaders.

By |2016-10-22T17:11:59-05:00December 2nd, 2009|Career, Leadership|3 Comments

The Five Tripping Points of Emerging Leaders

A colleague used the phrase Tripping Points in conversation the other night to describe what leaders and management teams go through in attempting to take businesses from one level to the next. Firms and teams run into natural Tripping Points in the form of infrastructure and know-how as they work to grow a firm from start-up to $10 million or from $10 million to $25 million and so on. I can easily apply Tripping Point thinking to the challenges that we as professionals face in advancing our careers and in particular, in developing as leaders. Awareness of your prospective Tripping Points is an important first step in creating your personal and professional development plan.

By |2016-10-22T17:12:14-05:00February 5th, 2009|Career, Leadership|1 Comment

Your Recruiting Practices Might Just Be Killing Your Business

It’s long past overdue to change the way you recruit talent. The way you’ve been doing it is wrong, and it is hurting your business. This topic is particularly important, because there is a goldmine of talent on the street in this lousy economy. Your opportunity to strengthen your firm with hungry, motivated and powerful people will never be better IF you execute properly.

By |2016-10-22T17:12:14-05:00January 29th, 2009|Leadership|0 Comments
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