Wake-Up Calls for Managers
For the hard parts no one prepares you for
When the path isn’t clear, the stakes are high, and the answers aren’t obvious—this is where managers struggle most.
Wake-Up Calls for Managers delivers practical, real-world guidance for navigating:
- Tough conversations
- Leading through uncertainty
- Building influence without authority
- Driving results through others
The Leadership Caffeine Blog
Seven Things Management Teams (Repeatedly) Get Wrong with Strategy Work
Strategy Process Dysfunction and Malfunction—Take Heed I’ve been exposed to strategy from my first days in product management to my work as a senior executive and now as a strategy advisor/facilitator. I’ve worked with every framework, most major (and quite a few...
Seven Things Management Teams (Repeatedly) Get Wrong with Strategy Work
I’ve observed just about every type of dysfunction or malfunction possible with strategy work. Here are the misfires I see most often. Take heed, get the right help, and do everything possible to avoid these tripping points. Your firm’s future and probably your job depends on it.
What Videogame Designers Can Teach Us About Organizational Change
The ability to rewire our thinking about change may be a fundamental survival skill in a period of time where accelerating change is a given. Change must be interpreted as challenge, and building a culture that embraces the pursuit of a steady stream of new challenges must be the mandate of leaders. I think the video game designers have already cracked this code.
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: