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	<itunes:summary>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.</itunes:summary>
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		<title>Thoughts on Your Personal and Professional Success in the New Year</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2011/12/31/thoughts-on-your-personal-and-professional-success-in-the-new-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 18:02:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was truly gifted in 2011 to gain access to and work with and support some remarkable professionals across a number of different market segments…from high tech to professional services to manufacturing, and I learned something with every engagement and encounter. Here are Six Lessons Learned that Can Help Us All in the New Year:<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://artpetty.com/2011/12/31/thoughts-on-your-personal-and-professional-success-in-the-new-year/' addthis:title='Thoughts on Your Personal and Professional Success in the New Year ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Art&#8217;s Weekly Leadership Message: Step Up to Cure Effective Dialogue Deficit Disorder</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2011/10/23/arts-weekly-leadership-message-step-up-to-cure-effective-dialogue-deficit-disorder/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 13:47:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The medical community and drug companies have their ED malady and cure, but too many management and project teams suffer from their own form of ED…with two more D’s…EDDD… Effective Dialogue Deficit Disorder. It’s not that people aren’t talking. There’s no deficit of hot air swirling around most meeting rooms. The issue is all about the quality of the dialogue. Here are 5 ideas for you to use immediately in pursuit of stomping out Effective Dialogue Deficit Disorder: <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://artpetty.com/2011/10/23/arts-weekly-leadership-message-step-up-to-cure-effective-dialogue-deficit-disorder/' addthis:title='Art&#8217;s Weekly Leadership Message: Step Up to Cure Effective Dialogue Deficit Disorder ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership Caffeine-Always Lead with Context</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2011/09/12/leadership-caffeine-always-lead-with-context/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 13:44:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Context in this case is that not-so-secret ingredient that helps people understand the idea or issue and how it connects to something important in the workplace. Context provides the basis for understanding and assessing a situation or a request to do something. It has the equivalent workplace outcome of adding yeast to the process of making bread.  Without it, everything is flat. Improve performance by providing critical context at the organizational, strategic and personal levels.  <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://artpetty.com/2011/09/12/leadership-caffeine-always-lead-with-context/' addthis:title='Leadership Caffeine-Always Lead with Context ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership Caffeine-Quit Sending Mixed Signals</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2011/05/16/leadership-caffeine-quit-sending-mixed-signals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 13:20:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How consistent are you in your approaches to dealing with people and problems?  Is there an early warning system in place in your office that tracks your every move from the car through the parking lot and into the office? How you respond to people and to situations (victories, losses, mistakes etc.) goes a long way to forming the working environment on your team.<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://artpetty.com/2011/05/16/leadership-caffeine-quit-sending-mixed-signals/' addthis:title='Leadership Caffeine-Quit Sending Mixed Signals ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership Caffeine: Motivate with Context</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2011/04/25/leadership-caffeine-motivate-with-context/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:15:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We waste fortunes inside our organizations on misguided programs and oddball incentives, seeking ways to motivate and inspire people to work hard, innovate, create, care and to live up to their potential, when the real solution is literally on the tip of our tongues. Here are 5 ideas for curing Context Deficit Disorder: <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://artpetty.com/2011/04/25/leadership-caffeine-motivate-with-context/' addthis:title='Leadership Caffeine: Motivate with Context ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership Caffeine: 5 Ideas for Creating a Tenacious Culture</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2011/03/21/leadership-caffeine-5-ideas-for-creating-a-tenacious-culture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 12:11:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tenacity is one of those common attributes of most successful people. It’s often one of the key missing ingredients of chronic underachievers. Here are 5 ideas for cultivating a tenacious culture on your team. 
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		<title>Leadership Caffeine-Stuck in a Rut? Try These Ideas On for Size</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2010/10/25/leadership-caffeine-stuck-in-a-rut-try-these-ideas-on-for-size/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 13:06:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s an awful bad case of the “serious” malady running through our society right now, and for just a moment, we all deserve to unclench our jaws, breathe and even form that rare but powerful facial expression, the smile.

Consider this my attempt (albeit a weak one, I’m certain) to take a little of the seriousness out of your day while offering ideas that might just have something to them. Or, they might not, but, I’ll leave that for you to judge.<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://artpetty.com/2010/10/25/leadership-caffeine-stuck-in-a-rut-try-these-ideas-on-for-size/' addthis:title='Leadership Caffeine-Stuck in a Rut? Try These Ideas On for Size ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>The Feedback on Feedback</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2010/09/21/the-feedback-on-feedback/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 13:33:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past several years beginning with the work for Practical Lessons in Leadership with my co-author, Rich Petro, I’ve made a professional hobby out of exploring the fascinating and very real fear that so many people have for delivering constructive feedback. One of my favorite interviews for the book was with a retired CEO who when I posed the question on whether he had any regrets, without hesitating, responded: “I really regret that I never learned how to have the tough discussions with the people that worked for me.”  He quickly added, “To this day, I wonder how much money that I cost my companies.”

This most difficult of human interactions in the workplace is also one of the most important.  The fear, much like the fear of public speaking is mostly in our minds, and with some deliberate practice, all of us are capable of improving our skills, and as a result, improving our performance, the performance of our teams and of our organizations.<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://artpetty.com/2010/09/21/the-feedback-on-feedback/' addthis:title='The Feedback on Feedback ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership Caffeine: In Praise of Consistency</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2010/09/19/leadership-caffeine-in-praise-of-consistency/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 00:17:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Take a few minutes to think about the best leaders that you’ve ever worked for.  What terms best describe them?  Chances are the word “consistent” didn’t show up in the top five. Perhaps it should.
Consistency may just be the very unsexy and uninspiring element to your leadership style that will help you grow your credibility and allow you to create and sustain a working atmosphere that allows your team members to prosper.<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://artpetty.com/2010/09/19/leadership-caffeine-in-praise-of-consistency/' addthis:title='Leadership Caffeine: In Praise of Consistency ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>The Importance of Strategy Fueled Leadership</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2010/09/09/the-importance-of-strategy-fueled-leadership/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve written on the topic of Strategy Fueled Leadership  several times, and fresh off of a great podcast interview with Gary Harpst, author of Six Disciplines Execution Revolution (stay tuned for my posting) and my recent interview with Jocelyn Davis for Strategic Speed, I am on my soapbox again.  It is critical to link leadership with strategy and vice-versa and the failure to do this is one of the root causes of strategy and execution failure in organizations.<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://artpetty.com/2010/09/09/the-importance-of-strategy-fueled-leadership/' addthis:title='The Importance of Strategy Fueled Leadership ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Finding Time to Focus or, Speed Kills</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2010/08/25/finding-time-to-focus-or-speed-kills/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:52:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The lot of professionals inside many organizations can easily be characterized by a series of endless status meetings, hurried hallway conversations and messages quickly dispatched on a pda while walking, ignoring the meeting in process or consuming a protein bar on the run. Nonetheless, work gets done, customers are served and growth often created. I do however, worry and wonder about the human costs and the cost to the organization in lost-ideas, missed opportunities and a much more superficial existence.
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		<title>Team Conflict? As Long as It’s Not Personal, Run With It</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2010/07/21/team-conflict-as-long-as-it%e2%80%99s-not-personal-run-with-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:47:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m leery of happy teams.  Don’t get me wrong.  I like positive experiences and working with happy people, however, in my experience, the happy teams are the ones that produce mediocre results or, they don’t produce at all. Give me a group of people that show up to do battle on the issues versus the team that strives for peace and harmony, any day.<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://artpetty.com/2010/07/21/team-conflict-as-long-as-it%e2%80%99s-not-personal-run-with-it/' addthis:title='Team Conflict? As Long as It’s Not Personal, Run With It ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>10 Things You Must Know About Feedback</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2010/06/04/10-things-you-must-know-about-feedback/</link>
		<comments>http://artpetty.com/2010/06/04/10-things-you-must-know-about-feedback/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:06:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[feedback]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mastering the art and science of feedback is the closest thing you will find to a silver bullet when it comes to leading others.<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://artpetty.com/2010/06/04/10-things-you-must-know-about-feedback/' addthis:title='10 Things You Must Know About Feedback ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership Caffeine-5 Ideas for Improving Your Ability to Engage as a Leader</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2010/05/24/leadership-caffeine-5-ideas-for-improving-your-ability-to-engage-as-a-leader/</link>
		<comments>http://artpetty.com/2010/05/24/leadership-caffeine-5-ideas-for-improving-your-ability-to-engage-as-a-leader/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 13:38:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some leaders move through their days like a flat rock skipping over the surface of a pond. They are focused on personal efficiency and speed, and the faster they move and the more decisions that they make, the better they believe they are doing as leaders.  They are transactional leaders. Their days are blurs of decisions, quick meetings, hurried hallway exchanges and even more hurried text and e-mail messages, often created while they are present but not engaged in the event or conversation of the moment.  If improving performance, fostering a culture of learning and innovation and developing the confidence to tackle the tough topics are all important for your firm, it’s time to engage more and transact less.<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://artpetty.com/2010/05/24/leadership-caffeine-5-ideas-for-improving-your-ability-to-engage-as-a-leader/' addthis:title='Leadership Caffeine-5 Ideas for Improving Your Ability to Engage as a Leader ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership Caffeine: Learning to Adjust Your Altitude</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2010/04/12/leadership-caffeine-learning-to-adjust-your-altitude/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:50:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While the phrase is most commonly referenced as attitude adjustment, I’ll go out on a limb and suggest that one of the abilities that leaders must develop to be effective is the ability to adjust their altitudes. Good leaders learn to scale institutional and intellectual heights with ease and comfort, quickly adapting to the audience and situation.<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://artpetty.com/2010/04/12/leadership-caffeine-learning-to-adjust-your-altitude/' addthis:title='Leadership Caffeine: Learning to Adjust Your Altitude ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>7 Ideas to Stimulate Experimentation in Your Organization</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2010/03/17/7-ideas-to-stimulate-experimentation-in-your-organization/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:42:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In some organizations, there are so many systemic and cultural disincentives to experimentation that it’s a wonder that executives and employees are able to decide what to have for lunch today that was different from yesterday.  In spite of the natural inertia towards the sure thing or the shortcut (external advice in lieu of more risky and time-consuming experimentation), I’ll offer my few cents worth on why and how you and your firm can use experimentation as a means of building value and confounding competitors.<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://artpetty.com/2010/03/17/7-ideas-to-stimulate-experimentation-in-your-organization/' addthis:title='7 Ideas to Stimulate Experimentation in Your Organization ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership Caffeine: Teach, Don&#8217;t Tell</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2010/02/22/leadership-caffeine-teach-dont-tell/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:01:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I discovered a long time ago that I was much more effective as a leader and as a father (a much harder job to get right!) if I adopted an approach that emphasized teaching over telling. While there are circumstances where telling is appropriate…the battlefield, the operating room, perhaps the football field and a few others that I’m sure that I would think of if given enough time, most people prefer to learn, not to carry out orders.<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://artpetty.com/2010/02/22/leadership-caffeine-teach-dont-tell/' addthis:title='Leadership Caffeine: Teach, Don&#8217;t Tell ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Avoiding Another Dumb Management Mania-The Disposable Worker</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2010/01/20/avoiding-another-dumb-management-mania-the-disposable-worker/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:07:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crisis Leadership]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote last week on “Thoughts on Leading and Managing in the Era of the Disposable Worker.” The post was prompted by an article in BusinessWeek, outlining this latest gem of management wisdom that has organizations of all types rethinking the need for employees and shifting to contract workers.   Positions from the CEO suite to those types of roles that we’ve become accustomed to outsourcing, and everything in-between, are fair game.  I’m traditionally leery of fads of all sorts, as they tend to be driven by hysteria, causing normally sane and rational people to act in a manner that defies explanation. I'm fearful that we are on the brink of another horrendous, value-destroying mania as we embrace the short-term cost convenient fad of creating disposable workers.<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://artpetty.com/2010/01/20/avoiding-another-dumb-management-mania-the-disposable-worker/' addthis:title='Avoiding Another Dumb Management Mania-The Disposable Worker ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Want to Make A Difference?  Treat Leadership as a Calling</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2009/12/22/want-to-make-a-difference-treat-leadership-as-a-calling/</link>
		<comments>http://artpetty.com/2009/12/22/want-to-make-a-difference-treat-leadership-as-a-calling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:15:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The most effective leaders that I’ve observed, worked for, mentored and studied all have one thing in common.  They have a deep regard for the impact of their role on others and they treat this responsibility like a precious gift, holding it in trust and preparing to pass it along to the next generation. These leaders view their profession as a calling, not a job.<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://artpetty.com/2009/12/22/want-to-make-a-difference-treat-leadership-as-a-calling/' addthis:title='Want to Make A Difference?  Treat Leadership as a Calling ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Success is Often One Step Beyond the Expected</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2009/11/05/success-is-often-one-step-beyond-the-expected/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:22:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all intuitively know that one of the keys to success or at least one of the the cures for mediocrity is going that extra little distance that makes all of the difference in the eyes of our customers or audiences.  Why then do so many professionals struggle to live by this simple but powerful approach?<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://artpetty.com/2009/11/05/success-is-often-one-step-beyond-the-expected/' addthis:title='Success is Often One Step Beyond the Expected ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Leading in the Trenches-Recovering from Trickle Down Project Management Chaos</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2009/11/03/leading-in-the-trenches-recovering-from-trickle-down-project-management-chaos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:53:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Project inflation…the spread of too many projects and the heaping of them upon the tormented and torn few is a formula for disaster. Unfortunately, work force reductions and pressures to reduce costs, improve processes and to innovate all fuel project inflation.  Consider adopting a rigorous approach to project selection by asking and answering these following questions:<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://artpetty.com/2009/11/03/leading-in-the-trenches-recovering-from-trickle-down-project-management-chaos/' addthis:title='Leading in the Trenches-Recovering from Trickle Down Project Management Chaos ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership Caffeine-Bringing Confidence Back</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2009/11/02/leadership-caffeine-bringing-confidence-back/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:45:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Confidence is a powerful force in the workplace for individuals and for teams.  It’s that extra-added something that allows us to look at the world through eyes that see opportunities to pursue, challenges that exist to be met and new heights within easy reach.  Unfortunately, given the beat-down that most of the world has been taking for the past year or two, confidence is in short supply in the workplace.  It's time to bring confidence back. <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://artpetty.com/2009/11/02/leadership-caffeine-bringing-confidence-back/' addthis:title='Leadership Caffeine-Bringing Confidence Back ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Sales &amp; Strategy Playbook: Competitor Acquired?  It May Be a Gold-Plated, Gift-Wrapped Opportunity</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2009/08/11/sales-strategy-playbook-competitor-acquired-it%e2%80%99-may-be-a-gold-plated-gift-wrapped-opportunity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[exploiting M&A Activity in Your Market]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In talking with a CEO friend running a smaller tech firm, he indicated that there is increasing buzz about various potential combinations and roll-ups that will impact his specific sector. He said this with a smile, and an interesting observation that “when my competitors are acquired, our business spikes and new opportunities are uncovered.”

That's an Interesting way to look at the situation. I know a lot of people who fear the outcome of Competitor X merging with Firm Y.<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://artpetty.com/2009/08/11/sales-strategy-playbook-competitor-acquired-it%e2%80%99-may-be-a-gold-plated-gift-wrapped-opportunity/' addthis:title='Sales &#38; Strategy Playbook: Competitor Acquired?  It May Be a Gold-Plated, Gift-Wrapped Opportunity ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Want Different Results?  Change Your Definition of Success and Don&#8217;t Forget to Align the Measurements</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2009/07/23/want-different-results-change-your-definition-of-success-and-dont-forget-to-align-the-measurements/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:51:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crisis Leadership]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The old adage of “you get what you measure” is an old adage for a reason.  It’s generally true.<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://artpetty.com/2009/07/23/want-different-results-change-your-definition-of-success-and-dont-forget-to-align-the-measurements/' addthis:title='Want Different Results?  Change Your Definition of Success and Don&#8217;t Forget to Align the Measurements ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>The Seven Critical Conversations of Great Firms and Great Leaders</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2009/06/23/the-seven-critical-conversations-of-great-firms-and-great-leaders/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:42:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[How Healthy is Your Working Environment?]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Seven Critical Conversations]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You learn a great deal about an organization’s current state, near-term prospects and about the health and effectiveness of a firm’s leaders by looking for and listening to the quality of the conversations in the working environment.

There are at least Seven Critical Conversations that I observe taking place over and over again in organizations that that are either successful or improving. These same conversations are often nowhere to be found except perhaps behind the closed doors of a firm’s leaders in less successful firms or organizations that are struggling and sinking.<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://artpetty.com/2009/06/23/the-seven-critical-conversations-of-great-firms-and-great-leaders/' addthis:title='The Seven Critical Conversations of Great Firms and Great Leaders ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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