by Art Petty | Nov 3, 2026 | Coach, Communicate, Influence, Lead, Self-Development, Thrive
For a long time in my career, business travel was punctuated every morning by the hotel wake-up call. (Newsflash: we didn’t always have phones with alarms!) At the better hotels, a person greeted you and welcomed you to the day. Backed by (hopefully) a good night’s...
by Art Petty | Oct 26, 2026 | Career, Coach, Communicate, Thrive
Yes, executives struggle with feedback too If you are wondering why you don’t receive more frequent, high-quality feedback from your executive-level boss, know they struggle with it (and are mostly untrained), just like the rest of us. In my executive coaching...
by Art Petty | Oct 19, 2026 | Bad managers and lousy leaders, Coach, Lead
Troubles with level-up leaders? Too soon for that big job? Few people are truly ‘ready’ for that big promotion. The bet is that the individual can learn and adapt on the run without causing too much damage. It works. Sometimes. And sometimes the newly promoted...
by Art Petty | Sep 7, 2026 | Art of Managing, Coach, Lead, Manage, The Management System, Wake-Up Calls for Managers
Chip Cutter wrote an interesting piece in the Wall Street Journal: Corporate America Is Axing the ‘Micro-Team Boss. Cutter writes: “At Uber and elsewhere, managers with small fiefdoms have become an especially vulnerable target in the push to purge the...
by Art Petty | Sep 3, 2026 | Coach, Decide, Developing Your Career, Lead, Leadership, Manage, Self-Development, Thrive
Stuff happens. Where you look matters. You don’t control everything that happens to you, but you have far more control over what happens next than you might imagine. My coaching and consulting endeavors put me in front of a wide variety of managers and...
