by Art Petty | Feb 1, 2011 | Decision-Making
Note from Art: there are many forms of ideation and all sorts of new tools available to facilitate web-based and remote brainstorming. The same issue in this post applies regardless of method: what are you going to do with the output? Imagine yourself in the following...
by Art Petty | Jan 31, 2011 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
One definition of self-esteem reflects, “confidence in one’s own worth or abilities.” Another source, psychologist and author, Dr. Nathaniel Branden, offers: “Self-esteem is the experience of being competent to cope with the basic challenges of life and being worthy...
by Art Petty | Jan 28, 2011 | Career, Leadership
Note from Art: every Friday, I share three thought-provoking management posts for the week. Fair warning: I take a broad view of management, so my selections will range from leadership to innovation to finance and personal development and beyond. This week’s...
by Art Petty | Jan 26, 2011 | Career, Leadership
In spite of the best efforts of those of us that write and coach on leadership and feedback, there are still too many managers that wouldn’t know how to construct an effective feedback discussion if their leadership lives depended on it. The tales that particularly...
by Art Petty | Jan 24, 2011 | Career, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
Overheard from Various Managers: “I have to walk on eggshells around her.” “He’s volatile, and I don’t want to upset him, so I steer clear and let him do his thing.” “I’m afraid to confront her.” “He’s too valuable to the firm, so we all kind of look the other way.”...
