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
Fifty Something with More Gas Left in the Career Tank But Need a Change? What To Do
It's Less About the Climb and More About the Quality of the Work The concept of "career" takes on a different complexion as you move through the decades. For the experienced fifty-something professional who's seen and done a lot, it's much about finding fresh ways to...
Fifty Something with More Gas Left in the Career Tank But Need a Change? What To Do
The concept of “career” takes on a different complexion as you move through the decades. For the experienced fifty-something professional who’s seen and done a lot, it’s much about finding fresh ways to contribute and create, not climb. It’s also a personal drive to (pick your flavor) reset, refresh, recharge, and sometimes build new. Making a significant career shift in your 50’s (or any age) is daunting. Here are some experience-tested ideas to help you get started:
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…
New Coaching and Webinar Offerings from Art Petty
During the past few months, I’ve received a number of inquiries that neatly fit into two key themes: coaching services for individuals below the executive or soon-to-be executive ranks and coaching services for those interested in reinventing their careers. I’m excited to announce two new programs: ACCELERATE and REINVENT. Also, I’m kicking off my 2016 webinar series with “Level-Up and Accelerate Your Career” on February 4, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. CST.
Art’s Leadership & Management Writing for the Week Ending 1/23/16
For this week, my leadership and management writing focused on sharing ideas on re-energizing, improving performance, navigating difficult moments and management insights gained in the role of product manager.
Leadership Caffeine™—Refueling as a Leader
From about the six-month mark out of college and for all but eighteen months of the next twenty-two years, I supervised, managed and cultivated my leadership skills in a variety of different technology and software firms. While I loved and still do love the challenge and responsibility for guiding and developing others, the work (including the actual running of the business) was and is demanding and draining. I learned over time that I could only be at my best for others if I took care of my own refueling needs first. Here are 9 ideas to help re-energize your leadership spirit:
Art’s Leadership & Management Writing for the Week Ending 1/16/16
For this week, I served up articles on avoiding a leadership meltdown, succeeding with your first presentation to executives, conducting difficult conversations, achieving your leadership goals this year and wrapping your brain around the concepts and vocabulary of strategy. Enjoy the articles and use them in great leadership, management and career health!
Leadership Caffeine™—5 Signs You’re Heading for a Meltdown
Most senior leaders lack any form of an honest, effective and timely feedback loop, and when they succumb to the pressures of the role and begin to flail, things can go bad in a hurry. You should be on the lookout for these five warning signs suggesting that it’s time to hit the pause button before you suffer a leadership meltdown.
Art’s Leadership & Management Writing for the Week Ending 1/9/16
It’s been a busy week writing about leadership and management. In case you missed it, here’s the short form with links to this week’s work at Management Excellence and the Management and Leadership site at About.com. Enjoy!
Just One Thing—Don’t Fall Victim to Doom and Gloom
Instead of falling victim to the psychology of the herd and withdrawing or hunkering down in your business, seize upon the positives and make some of your own good news. Here are 6 tips to help your firm prosper in a period of doom and gloom:
Radical Candor—A Band-Aid for Lack of Accountability
Instead of tacking on what is likely to be a disastrous and potentially personally destructive program that breeds fear in an already dysfunctional workplace environment, make it simpler and teach and expect accountability from yourself and others.