Art Petty, Author at Management Excellence by Art Petty

About Art Petty

Art Petty is a coach, speaker and workshop presenter focusing on helping professionals and organizations learn to survive and thrive in an era of change. When he is not speaking, Art serves senior executives, business owners and high potential professionals as a coach and strategy advisor. Additionally, Art’s books are widely used in leadership development programs. To learn more or discuss a challenge, contact Art.

Two Strategy Tools Every Leader Must Understand

For any leader or management team struggling to navigate strategy, there are two tools I find incredibly useful in helping groups navigate complexity. They share a common trait in challenging strategy groups to focus their energy on cultivating a clear picture of a firm's reality and then defining a way forward, before defining actions. Too many teams jump to the actions and skip the heavy lifting and deep thinking. These tools keep you honest when it comes to strategy.

By Art Petty| 2017-07-22T14:12:28+00:00 July 22nd, 2017|High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Strategy|0 Comments

Knocking the Negativity Out of Your Career and Life

“Research suggests that the human mind has a propensity to pay greater attention to and process the bad compared to the good, a phenomenon often called the negativity bias. Bad feedback has greater impact; bad impressions are quicker to form; bad information is processed more thoroughly...and negative stereotypes are easier to form.” From Dr. Amit [...]

By Art Petty| 2017-07-06T11:35:53+00:00 July 6th, 2017|Career, Just One Thing|1 Comment

First-Time Manager #8—Meet the Peers

Your promotion to front-line manager places some distance between you and your team members, however, it also offers you an entirely new peer group: other front-line managers. This article offers six ideas for you to jump-start your networking activities with your new peers.

By Art Petty| 2017-06-27T07:04:56+00:00 June 27th, 2017|First Time Manager Series|0 Comments

Leadership Caffeine™—Lessons from a Failed Expedition

Building high performance teams is a critical part of a leader's job. However, when you build the team without clarity and commitment for the mission, watch out for these 5 painful leadership lessons:

By Art Petty| 2017-06-26T08:25:57+00:00 June 26th, 2017|Art of Managing, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change|0 Comments

Pet Peeves: Quit Talking About Yourself—No One Cares

Why is it some people fail to talk about anything but themselves? Resist the temptation to regale others with your "I" monolog, and instead, focus on creating healthy dialog. If it doesn't work, move on before your ears metaphorically melt.

By Art Petty| 2017-06-21T08:03:44+00:00 June 21st, 2017|Just One Thing, Miscellaneous Pet Peeves|1 Comment

Caretaker Managers Need Not Apply

My recent interview with a CIO from a major publicly traded firm reminds us all that some of our biggest adversaries in our push to survive in this tumultuous world are the caretaker managers inside our organizations.

By Art Petty| 2017-06-19T09:41:46+00:00 June 19th, 2017|High Performance Management Teams, Leadership|1 Comment

Helping Your First-Time Manager Start-Up Successfully

Look around you, and you’ll see that your front-line managers are accountable for the lion’s share of people managing in your organization. Whether you call them supervisor or manager, these individuals are responsible for the teams delivering customer support, technical services, operations, sales, and many other functions across the enterprise. These roles are also training [...]

By Art Petty| 2017-06-15T11:39:03+00:00 June 15th, 2017|Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, Leadership|0 Comments

Harnessing the Power of the Highly Competent.

Observing someone who is highly competent at their work is inspiring. As leaders, we must invest more to find, support, and develop these high performers.

By Art Petty| 2017-06-13T12:11:01+00:00 June 13th, 2017|Emerging Leaders, Leadership|0 Comments

First-Time Manager #7—Beware Attempting to Fix a Difficult Employee

Your good intentions to help that difficult employee change can lead to a major misfire on your part. Recognize that it is not your job to fix a difficult employee, but rather to provide the tools, environment, timeline and accountability for the individual to change. The results are up to the individual and the implications of failure must be clear.

By Art Petty| 2017-06-10T10:27:37+00:00 June 10th, 2017|Art of Managing, Decision-Making, First Time Manager Series|0 Comments

Beware of the Leader Who Demands Loyalty

We're loyal to teams, candidates, and even political parties, but when it comes to a leader at work demanding your loyalty, this should raise red flags and trigger alarm bells. Effective leaders never demand loyalty, they earn it, and even this appropriately has limits.

By Art Petty| 2017-06-08T10:24:01+00:00 June 8th, 2017|Leadership|3 Comments

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