by Art Petty | May 16, 2017 | First Time Manager Series, Leadership
Of all of the transitions in your career, the most awkward ones occur when you make the jump from peer to boss. I lived through this several times during my career, and now I work with emerging leaders navigating these important and potentially treacherous steps. This...
by Art Petty | May 15, 2017 | Career, Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
Gary Rogers, the recently late entrepreneur, perhaps best known for buying, building, and selling the Dreyer’s and Edy’s brands of ice cream, had a consistent response to inquiries from his underlings: “You decide.” I love this response. My response to, “How should...
by Art Petty | May 11, 2017 | Art of Managing
The names change, but the behaviors are the same. Any person who has managed for any length of time has likely encountered the toxic employee who makes everyone he/she meets miserable, particularly the manager. Most managers are unprepared and frequently...
by Art Petty | May 10, 2017 | Art of Managing, Career, First Time Manager Series
There are few transitions in a person’s career more challenging than moving from contributor or maker to manager. It’s clumsy, awkward, a little frightening and filled with both opportunities to grow and ways to misstep. And the burnout rate of first-time managers is...
by Art Petty | May 10, 2017 | First Time Manager Series, Leadership
Your instinct as a first-time manager is to tell people what to do. It’s not asking versus telling, it is telling versus asking. After all, you’re in charge, and that’s what bosses do. Or not. Telling works great in fire drills, emergency rooms, and battlefield...
