Art Petty, Author at Management Excellence by Art Petty

About Art Petty

Art Petty is a coach, speaker and workshop presenter focusing on helping professionals and organizations learn to survive and thrive in an era of change. When he is not speaking, Art serves senior executives, business owners and high potential professionals as a coach and strategy advisor. Additionally, Art’s books are widely used in leadership development programs. To learn more or discuss a challenge, contact Art.

Leadership Caffeine™—Think and Do Differently

Our reflex action is to follow conventional thinking and apply accepted processes to solving problems at work. Leaders looking to spur innovation have a different approach. They think and do differently. They understand that every problem offers an opportunity to spur creativity and catalyze innovation. Thinking and doing differently is their mantra, as they deliver oxygen to their firms in the form of much needed innovation. If your firm or team is suffocating, it's time for you to think and do differently.

By Art Petty|2024-08-08T13:18:51-05:00February 7th, 2017|1,770 Legacy Leadership Caffeine and Management Articles|0 Comments

Leadership Caffeine™—Foster a Culture of Creative Disobedience

Yesterday's models of managing and leading emphasized coordination and control. Both are in opposition to the needs of today's organizations for ideas and approaches that blow up traditional ways of doing things. A core job as a leader today is to promote more creative disobedience.

By Art Petty|2024-08-08T13:18:52-05:00January 30th, 2017|1,770 Legacy Leadership Caffeine and Management Articles|0 Comments

Leadership Caffeine—Creating Myoshu

Our leadership and management focus on productivity ignores the critical need for us to move strategically. For most of us, strategy is a series of incremental moves around a long-standing theme. Today's world demands that we find a way to punctuate equilibrium or we risk going out of business one efficient day at a time.

By Art Petty|2024-08-08T13:18:53-05:00January 24th, 2017|1,770 Legacy Leadership Caffeine and Management Articles|5 Comments

Leadership Caffeine™—Turning Ambiguity into Advantage

The world is filled with uncertainty and ambiguity, yet we teach our children, students and team members to work according to the rules and to color within the lines. Instead, we should teach our teams to leverage ambiguity by writing their own rules in pursuit of a shared goal. And effective leaders understand that action begets action and ultimately insight, even in the most uncertain circumstances. Sometimes, you just have to "paint the wall" while searching for the next step.

By Art Petty|2024-08-08T13:18:54-05:00January 17th, 2017|1,770 Legacy Leadership Caffeine and Management Articles|0 Comments

Running on Empty? First, Eliminate the Energy Sinks

Energy always flows from the source to the sink. In your hot water heater, the water is the sink. Eventually, the consumption of hot water is capable of exceeding the capacity of the source. The same applies in our professional and leadership lives. It's essential to identify and eliminate the heat sinks in our daily lives to free capacity to focus on the work that matters. Here are 12 ideas to help you with this important mission:

By Art Petty|2024-08-08T13:18:56-05:00January 15th, 2017|1,770 Legacy Leadership Caffeine and Management Articles|0 Comments

For Younger Professionals: Grow Your Career by Succeeding Wildly Today

I admire people who are hungry for success and willing to work hard to get it. However, for all of us, the road ahead to success as we envision it is often murky. Sometimes it is good to suspend looking to far ahead and to focus on succeeding in the here and now and simply put one foot in front of the other. The future has a way of creating opportunities for those who succeed wildly now.

By Art Petty|2024-08-08T13:18:57-05:00January 12th, 2017|1,770 Legacy Leadership Caffeine and Management Articles|0 Comments

Leadership Caffeine™—Aim for the Heart

Leading by the numbers isn't leading. Numbers are outcomes of nearly countless workplace and customer encounters. The real goal of the leader is to make certain those encounters create value. Do a great job building energy for the mission and good results will follow.

By Art Petty|2024-08-08T13:18:58-05:00January 9th, 2017|1,770 Legacy Leadership Caffeine and Management Articles|1 Comment

How to Get the Most Out of Your Coaching Experience

The opportunity to work with a professional coach is a game-changer for many in their careers. Those who derive the most out of their firm's investment in their development tend to display these 10 important behaviors:

By Art Petty|2024-08-08T13:18:59-05:00January 5th, 2017|1,770 Legacy Leadership Caffeine and Management Articles|0 Comments

The Discipline of High Performers

I love former Navy Seal, Jocko Willink's personal mantra: "Discipline equals freedom." The development of and rigorous attention to discipline in every area of our lives is the difference-maker when it comes to succeeding or failing. Through out the resolutions and instead, start by developing discipline around one small activity. It's contagious.

By Art Petty|2024-08-08T13:19:00-05:00January 3rd, 2017|1,770 Legacy Leadership Caffeine and Management Articles|0 Comments