by Art Petty | Nov 11, 2012 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
Too many leaders get caught in a people versus performance trap that neither helps the people nor the team’s performance. These leaders give themselves too much credit for being able to change others, and they over-invest in the wrong people at the expense of the rest...
by Art Petty | Nov 9, 2012 | Challenging Conversations, Just One Thing, Leadership
I have long been convinced that the most destructive conversations in the workplace are the ones left unsaid. It’s the feedback that’s never given and the coaching that never occurs that keeps individuals and organizations from improving, learning and growing. In...
by Art Petty | Nov 6, 2012 | Leadership
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by Art Petty | Nov 4, 2012 | Decision-Making, Leadership
“I want to know what you know.” One of my early career managers used this line regularly when engaging with her team members. She was genuine in her interest in our take on problems and opportunities, and you could almost hear her mind working as she processed the...
by Art Petty | Oct 30, 2012 | Decision-Making, Leadership
We spend a great deal of our working lives engaging with others in pursuit of ideas and solutions. Unfortunately, most of our workplace discussions tend to resemble a swirl of emotions, ideas and opinions, with little structure to help navigate these very human...
