http://artpetty.com Leadership, Management and Professional Development Wed, 23 May 2012 22:31:28 +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/2010/04/14/management-and-career-miscellany-on-the-lighter-side/ http://artpetty.com/2010/04/14/management-and-career-miscellany-on-the-lighter-side/#comments Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:50:56 +0000 Art Petty http://artpetty.com/?p=3600 Management and Career Miscellany on the Lighter Side-a brief collection of anecdotes and personal perspectives on decision-making, project management, social networking. Oh, and some amusing and really bad career advice to ignore if you hear it.

]]> http://artpetty.com/2010/04/14/management-and-career-miscellany-on-the-lighter-side/feed/ 2 http://artpetty.com/2010/01/18/mid-career-professional-its-time-to-push-out-of-your-technology-comfort-zone/ http://artpetty.com/2010/01/18/mid-career-professional-its-time-to-push-out-of-your-technology-comfort-zone/#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 03:24:20 +0000 Art Petty http://www.buildingbetterleaders.com/?p=804 It’s easy to step out of sync with the modern world and find yourself lost in a sea of terms, tools and technologies that are foreign and even intimidating. I’m working with more and more mid-life individuals interested in reinventing themselves in new careers, and I’m finding that a fair number of them are wholly [...]

]]> http://artpetty.com/2010/01/18/mid-career-professional-its-time-to-push-out-of-your-technology-comfort-zone/feed/ 2 http://artpetty.com/2009/12/11/a-friday-time-out-to-say-thank-you/ http://artpetty.com/2009/12/11/a-friday-time-out-to-say-thank-you/#comments Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:26:06 +0000 Art Petty http://artpetty.com/?p=3020 I’m way overdue to provide some thanks to a number of great people and organizations that I’ve worked with or that have supported me over this past year, and the deep freeze here in Chicago is no excuse for delaying this post any longer. Nor is the fact that I’m horribly behind on holiday shopping (the economy is waiting!), not to mention that my wife and brother both have birthdays within 6 days of Christmas. (Parents, in the future, better planning please!) I turned up the heat a bit, refilled my coffee cup and pried myself away from this week’s all consuming collaboration on my next Building Better Leaders program (mentoring plus distance education) entitled Leadership and the Technical Professional, and here are just a few of Thank You’s that I would like to extend.

]]> http://artpetty.com/2009/12/11/a-friday-time-out-to-say-thank-you/feed/ 4 http://artpetty.com/2009/08/12/twitter-and-social-networking-job-search-power-tools-or-time-killers/ http://artpetty.com/2009/08/12/twitter-and-social-networking-job-search-power-tools-or-time-killers/#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:56:17 +0000 Art Petty http://artpetty.com/?p=2292 One of the best lessons that I've learned from working on about two million fix-it and improvement projects with my Dad is to match the right tool to the job at hand. This is particularly true in searching for a job, which can be one of the more vexing projects for many people. Fortunately, there are a number of interesting new power tools available in the form of social networking platforms, to help today's job seeker. However, unlike the tools in the picture, there are few guidelines on how and where to to use these tools to good effect.

]]> http://artpetty.com/2009/08/12/twitter-and-social-networking-job-search-power-tools-or-time-killers/feed/ 1 http://artpetty.com/2009/08/07/friday-fare-and-summer-shorts/ http://artpetty.com/2009/08/07/friday-fare-and-summer-shorts/#comments Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:55:11 +0000 Art Petty http://artpetty.com/?p=2269 Fresh off of the coldest July since AD 85 here in the Chicago-area, the weather is finally warming a bit and I’m breaking out the Summer Shorts for this Friday Fare post here at Management Excellence. (Since my wife didn’t get it either, this means that today’s post is going to include brief snippets instead of my usual lengthy essays. Get it…summer shorts! Hey, I thought it was a cute play on words.)

]]> http://artpetty.com/2009/08/07/friday-fare-and-summer-shorts/feed/ 5 http://artpetty.com/2009/04/29/a-rant-on-social-networking-etiquette-or-when-did-rude-become-acceptable-online/ http://artpetty.com/2009/04/29/a-rant-on-social-networking-etiquette-or-when-did-rude-become-acceptable-online/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:24:41 +0000 Art Petty http://artpetty.com/?p=1572 Call me old-fashioned, but just because so many of us are interacting from behind a screen doesn’t mean that the rules of etiquette and common courtesy have been suspended. In case you didn’t get the meme on the importance of professional courtesy in an on-line world, this is it. I am increasingly fascinated and horrified by the way people conduct themselves through sites like Linkedin and for networking introductions provided via e-mail.

]]> http://artpetty.com/2009/04/29/a-rant-on-social-networking-etiquette-or-when-did-rude-become-acceptable-online/feed/ 8 http://artpetty.com/2009/02/11/seven-survival-tips-for-the-newly-independent/ http://artpetty.com/2009/02/11/seven-survival-tips-for-the-newly-independent/#comments Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:14:27 +0000 Art Petty http://artpetty.com/?p=1158 I suspect that we are all engaging with former colleagues, friends and family members that have recently been furloughed from the corporate world. A few that I have spoken with are struggling to adapt to the new reality and are finding themselves floundering as they struggle to replace the comfortable routine of getting up and going somewhere with wandering around the house wondering what to do and where to start. Here are some ideas that I’ve either learned myself over time or have gained from others that have mastered the around of working and managing themselves without the services and security of a mother ship. I would love to hear your suggestions as well

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