Project Leadership Archives

Leadership Caffeine™ for the Project Manager eBook Now Available!

I am excited to announce the launch of my latest book: Leadership Caffeine for the Project Manager (and anyone responsible for leading teams, groups or committees). This e-book only offering is available at Amazon, Apple and Barnes and Noble or at my site. And every purchaser is entitled to a free download copy of my supporting workbook: Power Tools for Project Managers. Use the ideas and approaches in great project, career and team development health!

By Art Petty|2017-05-17T18:00:29-05:00October 6th, 2016|Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leadership Caffeine Podcast, Project Management|1 Comment

Leadership Caffeine Anniversary, Special Offers and a Coming Attraction

I continue to be both amazed and humbled at the reception to my book, Leadership Caffeine: Ideas to Energize Your Professional Development. In celebration of the sixth year since publication, I am sharing one secret on where the book idea came from and showing my thanks for your support with 3 very special offers for free books to the first to respond.

By Art Petty|2016-10-22T17:10:59-05:00August 24th, 2016|Career, High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Project Management|0 Comments

Just One Thing—Hug a Project Manager

One of the core takeaways my MBA students express after investing 10 weeks immersed in the art and science of this discipline is new found appreciation for the role project managers play in our organizations.

By Art Petty|2016-10-22T17:11:09-05:00June 5th, 2015|Just One Thing, Leadership, Project Management, Strategy|1 Comment

Leading the Project? Define Your Charter to Support High Performance

It’s hard to argue with either of these statements, nonetheless, too many project managers deeply skilled in the mechanics of their vocation fall short on learning and practicing the soft-skills critical for high performance team development. When project fail...and too many do, there's a safe bet that people-related issues are key contributors to the initiative's demise. Great project managers define their role beyond the project mechanics liberally. Here are 7 steps to help you define and begin using your own Project Leader's Charter in pursuit of high performance:

By Art Petty|2016-10-22T17:11:10-05:00March 27th, 2015|Art of Managing, Leadership, Project Management|0 Comments

Just One Thing—Cultivate Your Project Leadership Skills

Understanding the discipline and tools of project management is now de rigueur for professionals with any intention of growing in their careers. However, when I take a close look at project teams that struggle (and too many do), it’s generally not the misapplication of project management tools or practices that are at the source of the problems. Most often, it’s the absence any visible form of project leadership.

By Art Petty|2016-10-22T17:11:15-05:00April 1st, 2014|Just One Thing, Leadership, Project Management|5 Comments

Art to Help Kick-Off Project Leadership Forum at Harrisburg University

As a long-time, self-described zealot for the importance of project managers developing as leaders, imagine how excited I was to learn about a conference devoted to just this topic! I’ve written at length in this blog (Learning to Lead in the Project Focused World and others) and even offered up my e-book, Leadership and the Project Manager, in support of this concept. I’m even more excited to be a part of the conference as a guest keynote as Project Leadership Forum kicks-off on Thursday in Harrisburg, PA.

By Art Petty|2016-10-22T17:11:53-05:00May 11th, 2010|Leadership, Project Management|2 Comments