by Art Petty | Sep 17, 2017 | Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
“A really effective leader can get results and build the capability of individuals and build effective teams so that results are achieved beyond the moment. But they have to get results or they don’t stay leaders.” -Jim Fisher, The Thoughtful Leader Emphasis on that...
by Art Petty | Sep 11, 2017 | Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, Leadership
The rude awakening for many first-time managers is the reality that they are now actually responsible for the outcomes of others. It’s a far cry from the life of an individual contributor when the only difficult person you had to deal with was staring back at you in...
by Art Petty | Sep 10, 2017 | High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Leading Change, Strategy
High performance in an organization or with a project team is never an accident. There’s a blending of the right ingredients at the right time. There’s a catalyst somewhere in the process, and much like that favorite meal mom used to prepare on your birthday, there’s...
by Art Petty | Sep 10, 2017 | Uncategorized
As I sat down to write my first leadership post of the week, I found myself staring out the window at my dry, midwestern lawn, and for just a moment, I wished for rain. And then the ridiculousness of that wish clubbed me over the head, given what’s happening in...
by Art Petty | Sep 8, 2017 | Art of Managing, Career, First Time Manager Series
I still recall my not so glorious introduction to managing. If it weren’t for a great mentor, I might have found myself on the wrong end of an insurrection from my group members. It turns out, this work of managing is a lot more challenging than most of us anticipate....