by Art Petty | Sep 22, 2011 | Leadership
I work a great deal helping people and teams improve their conversations. Whether the focus is on framing, feedback or process, most teams and most individuals are able to relate to and adopt new tools and approaches that help immediately. However, the most important...
by Art Petty | Sep 19, 2011 | Leadership
Note from Art: Starting with this post, the Weekly Leadership Message is a new Monday feature here at Management Excellence. Use them in good health and great leadership! The only way I let myself watch football is from the action-side of an elliptical. I love the...
by Art Petty | Sep 14, 2011 | Leadership Caffeine Podcast
The most difficult job in the professional life of any leader may very well be that first role…when he or she moves from individual contributor to suddenly being responsible for the outcomes of others. For those of you who lived through it, you know that the...
by Art Petty | Sep 12, 2011 | Just One Thing, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
I encounter a fair number of lousy managers in my work—sometimes directly and other times via my coaching clients. One of the hallmarks of these less-than-ideal managers is their tendency to push people to work without offering any insight as to how their tasks...
by Art Petty | Sep 8, 2011 | Leadership Caffeine Podcast
Navigating the move from one executive level to the next is both exciting and daunting. Depending upon your career stage, successfully executing on your new responsibilities might require drawing upon a significantly different set of skills than those demanded in...
