The Leadership Caffeine Blog
Finding Purpose at Work—Ideas to Help
Purpose is a Powerful Driver for Performance Here's a not-so-bold claim: individuals who feel a strong sense of purpose in their work are happier, more engaged, and ultimately more successful than those who aren't clued into this powerful motivator. While my research...
Finding Purpose at Work—Ideas to Help
In my experience, those professionals driven by a sense of purpose enjoy what they are doing, are more resilient in the face of organizational and personal challenges, and, frankly, excel. So, what’s your professional purpose at this stage of your career? Ideas to help.
Leadership Caffeine™—“It’s Not What You Preach, it’s What You Tolerate”
The book, “Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win,” is one of the latest additions to the growing number of books from the ranks of the warrior heroes known as Navy SEALs. This one is a keeper, with powerful lessons drawn from life or death experiences. While our workplace challenges are mild by comparison, the leadership lessons are a perfect fit for anyone accountable for the results of others.
New Monthly Leadership Coaching Call Offering from Art
Join me and a small number of other motivated professionals on a monthly hour-long group call where we will discuss common leadership challenges and solutions and engage in spotlight coaching and live q/a.
Art’s Writing and Week in Review for February 13, 2016
My management and leadership writing recap (and just a little bit of world commentary) for last week. Have a great weekend!
Art’s Writing and Week in Review for February 6, 2016
A brief look at the week just past and a recap of my leadership and management writings from around the web.
Art of Managing—Change Your Field-of-View
Too often, we’re laser focused on the object in front of us; the next project or the person we’re working with, and our field-of-view is severely constricted. We fail to see the bigger picture until something from outside our narrow view of the world runs us over. Here are 8 ideas to help jumpstart your external scanning activities:
Leadership Caffeine™—How to Get Your Team to Open Up to You
It’s impossible to lead effectively if you don’t have an open line of communication with your team members. Here are six ideas to help your team members open up to you:
Art’s Writing and Week in Review for January 30, 2016
A bit of commentary on the month that was January, 2016 and a recap of my leadership and management writing around the web. Enjoy and have a great weekend!
Dear Corporate—Why We Hate Your Business Reviews
The Business Review meeting is a staple of large and small organizations everywhere. These can either be constructive opportunities to reflect on challenges and opportunities and identify needed actions, or, they can be destructive time-wasters. Sadly, in many organizations, these meetings resemble the latter. Here are six ways the group from corporate contributes to the destruction of what should be an important meeting:
Leadership Caffeine™—Leading Your Peers
We tend to reserve our thinking, writing and talking about leadership for the hierarchical relationships. However, peer groups represent great, untapped sources of problem-solving and improvement. There’s ample opportunity for you to assert as a leader of this group, if you take the right approach. Here are 7 steps to asserting as a leader of your peers without being perceived as a jerk…