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It’s That Time of Year for Managers—Don’t Make These Mistakes with Your Performance Evaluations
Even managers are prone to "Student Syndrome." It's that time of year when managers everywhere groan under the weight of the performance evaluations they've barely started. Yes, there's a similarity between college students and their assignments and managers and their...
It’s That Time of Year for Managers—Don’t Make These Mistakes with Your Performance Evaluations
The real work of getting performance evaluations starts long before you reach the time to write and discuss them. Nonetheless, you’re at the 11th hour. Here are some tips you can use at this late date to help you do your best for your team members.
Reframing Your Relationship with Influence, Power, and Office Politics
It turns out, ignoring or avoiding the political environment in your workplace is naïve and career limiting. Instead, you need to rethink and reframe your relationship with office politics and focus on building clean-power. Here are seven ideas to help:
Leadership Caffeine Podcast #34—Dave Brock
Dave Brock joins Art Petty on the Leadership Caffeine podcast to talk about the state of sales management and selling in this turbulent, technology-driven world.
Feeling Powerless at Work? Five Ideas to Help You Regain Control
In my professional travels, I encounter a large number of individuals who express extreme frustration with their working lives. Many of them admit this state of unsettledness creeps into their personal lives, sowing stress and strain along the way. While some situations are generally rotten, in many instances, it is possible to counteract a sense of powerlessness by reframing your situation and acting differently. Here are five ideas to help you regain control:
Leadership and Management Book Podcast #5—Great Books for Developing Others
In this episode of the Leadership and Management Book Talk with Wally Bock and Art Petty, we share our favorite reads on developing others.
Leadership and Management Book Podcast #4—Great Books We Re-Read
Our focus for this episode turns to business books we read over and over again. Wally Bock and I each share two different books and make a case for why they are important parts of our libraries and of our thinking.
Still Time to Join the Experienced Manager Program
There’s no other program quite like this for experienced managers striving to level-up, with the mix of topics, guest experts, coaching, e-learning, and development support. Our Winter 2020 Cohort kicks off Wednesday, January 15, 2020, however, there’s still time to join.
Leadership Caffeine Podcast #33—Whitney Johnson
Entrepreneur and innovation and disruption theorist, Whitney Johnson, joins Art Petty on the Leadership Caffeine podcast to discuss the latest edition of her book, Disrupt Yourself.
8 Tips to Help You Succeed in High-Stress Management Meetings
As you rise through the ranks and gain responsibility in your career, you will increasingly find yourself in high-stakes communication situations with management teams or boards. Regardless of your great results, you’re likely to encounter one or more antagonists interested in devaluing you and your perspective. Here are 8-tips to help you prepare for and win in those difficult communication situations:
Ten Ideas to Help You Turbocharge Learning this Year
For each of us to truly accelerate learning, we have to fight the inertia of the routines that dominate our lives. Learning demands effort, much like exercise. It’s time to renew your membership to your mental gym.