by Art Petty | Jul 21, 2010 | Leadership, Uncategorized
Leaders at all levels struggle with this most important of performance tools: feedback. We delay delivering it, we water it down, we sandwich it in praise and obscure the message or, we avoid it altogether. Like anything else, practice makes perfect, and a few simple...
by Art Petty | Jul 21, 2010 | Decision-Making, Leadership, Project Management
I’m leery of happy teams. Don’t get me wrong. I like positive situations and working with happy people, however, in my experience, the happy teams are the ones that produce mediocre results or, they don’t produce at all. Give me a group of people that show up to do...
by Art Petty | Jul 20, 2010 | Uncategorized
Today’s “Leadership Tip of the Day” is for e-newsletter subscribers only. Of course, I would love to have you as a subscriber! See the note below that I carried on my Management Excellence site. Also, you are more than welcome to subscribe via the...
by Art Petty | Jul 20, 2010 | Career, Leadership, Leading Change
The July issue of The Management Excellence e-Newsletter is out, with subscriber-only content. The current issue includes content on: Improving Ideation & Creativity with Your Team Surviving and Thriving at the Dreaded Annual Strategy Off-Site Ideas for...
by Art Petty | Jul 19, 2010 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
The world of work has increasingly become the world of teams and group activities, and to quote Richard Hackman, author of, Leading Teams-Setting the Stage for Great Performance, “I have no question that when you have a team, the possibility exists that it will...
