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Rebecca Homkes joins Art Petty to talk strategy and her book Survive, Reset, Thrive
I love the subtitle of Dr. Rebecca Homkes' new book: Survive, Reset, Thrive. It reads Leading breakthrough growth strategy in volatile times! Rebecca Homkes lives up to it and more in this fabulous playbook on embracing and leveraging uncertainty and navigating the...
Rebecca Homkes joins Art Petty to talk strategy and her book Survive, Reset, Thrive
Dr. Rebecca Homkes, author of Survive, Reset, Thrive—Leading breakthrough growth strategy in volatile times, joins Art Petty to talk about the book, her experiences leading high growth teams through strategy, and why we should embrace and leverage uncertainty.
Use Strategic Message Design and Proper Posture to Cultivate Influence
Cultivating influence in your firm and industry is a long-term process. However, there are a few communication adjustments you can make immediately to ensure you are properly projecting yourself when it counts:
Asking the “Six Whats” Will Help You Strengthen Workplace Problem Solving
It’s an understatement to suggest this is a time for creative problem-solving in our organizations. Yet, too often, we react to symptoms or throw solutions at poorly defined problems. The failure to get to the root cause and underlying assumptions behind something that seems to be a problem results in half-measures and new, resultant problems. Here’s a technique to stop the madness!
Set the Stage for Fierce Listening With the Artful Use of Questions
While listening is essential for successful communication, the behavior that sets the stage for Fierce Listening is artful and empathic questioning. Our use of questions—type and tone—controls the direction of the dialog.
Want to Lead Change at Work? Focus on Growing Your Influence With a “Clean Power” Approach
If your mission is to get work done through and with others across your organization, you need to develop and apply influence. In this article, I share ideas and approaches you can use to engage and succeed in your organization’s political environment without compromising your values.
The Right Way to Prepare for Asking for a Raise or Promotion
Why is asking for a raise or promotion so difficult and sometimes scary? It is not something you do on a regular basis, and there are many complexities involved. Here are ideas to help you prepare for and succeed with this important ask:
Leadership Caffeine Podcast—The Conclusion Trap with Dan Markovitz
Dan Markovitz, consultant and author of The Conclusion Trap: Four Steps to Better Decisions, joins Art Petty on this episode of the Leadership Caffeine podcast.
Leadership and Management Book Talk—Our Favorite Little-Known Reads
Wally Bock and Art Petty connect to talk about their favorite, unknown books on this latest episode of the Leadership and Management Book Talk podcast. In what is never a surprise, they come at the topic from opposite ends of the spectrum.
Leadership Caffeine™—Stop Talking, Start Asking and Listening
In this crisis environment, there are only two behaviors that will save your organization: curiosity and listening.
Nightmares in Workplace Communications and How to Strengthen as a Communicator
Most of us have a few communication moments in our careers that we would like to either do-over or erase our brains’ memories. Here are a few of mine and what I learned that help me grow as a workplace communicator: