by Art Petty | Feb 13, 2012 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
I’ve yet to run a workshop or program on leadership where anything approaching a majority of the participants describe their initial days of their initial role as a team leader, supervisor or manager as a period when they received much if any support and coaching from...
by Art Petty | Feb 11, 2012 | Career, Decision-Making, Leadership
Issue #2 of The Leadership Caffeine Newsletter Next Week. This newly designed publication includes subscriber-only leadership and professional content. The emphasis is on providing ideas to energize development and strengthen performance for you and your teams....
by Art Petty | Feb 10, 2012 | Career
Too many people are caught seemingly by surprise (for some odd reason) that all bets are off on promises of on-going employment. I regularly hear from people who must have missed the memo that employer loyalty expires every pay period. These good people wake up, learn...
by Art Petty | Feb 8, 2012 | Leadership, Strategy
In their July, 2011 Harvard Business Review Article, Adaptability: The New Competitive Advantage (great article, worth the $ IMO), Martin Reeves and Mike Deimler make a solid case for our need to cultivate critical soft organizational skills to survive and prosper in...
by Art Petty | Feb 6, 2012 | Decision-Making, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
Nothing happens without a decision. Nothing good happens without the right decision. And, in case you doubt the need to focus on making better decisions, spend some time skimming the news. If you’ve kept up with your health and fitness resolutions thus far this year,...