by Art Petty | Jun 27, 2021 | Art of Managing, Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leadership Power-Ups, Self-Development, Think Differently
Developing as a leader doesn’t follow a straight line. It’s different for every individual. Focus on getting better at this job daily. Here are five ideas to help you jump-start this good work. 1. Get In the Game Time, place, and circumstances play a big part in...
by Art Petty | Jun 21, 2021 | Art of Managing, Career, Decision-Making, Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, Leadership, Self-Development
During the past few weeks, I ran three different cohort sections of my live-online Manager Development Program. While initially geared toward new(er) managers, we had many veterans in the groups, all working on sharpening their skills around the fundamentals of...
by Art Petty | Jun 7, 2021 | Art of Managing, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leadership Power-Ups, Think Differently
One-on-Ones are the Most Valuable Real Estate on Your Calendar I’m consistently surprised by how few managers and executives have a game plan for their one-on-one sessions with team members. Just ask those team members, as too many describe these sessions with...
by Art Petty | May 24, 2021 | Art of Managing, Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Think Differently
Are You Feeding the Machine or the Mission? Your real battle as a leader is the one for your focus. It’s a battle too many leaders lose for a lot of reasons. Sure, everyone has more to do in a day or week than they have time for on their calendars. Yet, the...
by Art Petty | May 20, 2021 | Art of Managing, Challenging Conversations, Emerging Leaders, High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Leadership Power-Ups, Self-Development, The Leadership Opportunity
OK, the topic of feedback isn’t stand-up comedy funny. It’s funny as in odd because there are so many contradictions surrounding it. What the Experts Say About Feedback Run a search on “Feedback” at Harvard Business Review (subscription), and...