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.

Learning to Project Confidence to Grow Your Career

Confidence is contagious. Arrogance will clear a room like rotting fish wrapped in newspaper and left to cure sans refrigeration. And lack of confidence is guaranteed to get you stepped on during most days. The perception by managers and executives of where you fall on the continuum of not self assure at all on one end to arrogant on the other is important. You of course, want to fall right in the sweet spot of appropriately confident. Here are 8 suggestions to help you develop and showcase your self-confidence.

By Art Petty|2024-08-08T13:41:33-05:00December 6th, 2009|1,770 Legacy Leadership Caffeine and Management Articles|0 Comments

Decisions, Decisions-How's Your Decision Making Agility?

Your decision-making style and pace directly impact your team’s performance. Wait for perfect clarity before putting your stamp on a key decision and you will have metaphorically held your team hostage. Jump too fast and make off-the-cuff calls and your errors and reversals will climb.

By Art Petty|2024-08-08T13:41:35-05:00December 3rd, 2009|1,770 Legacy Leadership Caffeine and Management Articles|0 Comments

Promoted from Within-A True Career Conundrum

One of the most difficult transitions for any professional is moving from team member to formal team manager or leader. If you are on the receiving end of this positive acknowledgement of your capabilities, be prepared to deal with some unexpected headaches as you navigate these deceivingly treacherous waters.

By Art Petty|2024-08-08T13:41:36-05:00December 2nd, 2009|1,770 Legacy Leadership Caffeine and Management Articles|0 Comments

Welcome to the Building Better Leaders Blog!

After spending several years of my life dedicated to helping motivated professionals in a variety of fields (product managers, project managers, technical professionals, non-profit professionals, marketers, first-time leaders) discover and develop as leaders and senior contributors, I recognized that I needed to find a platform that enabled me to reach more people faster and more efficiently and affordably than the horribly inefficient and expensive traditional training model. And I did not want to sacrifice the personal contact.

By Art Petty|2024-08-08T13:41:45-05:00November 19th, 2009|1,770 Legacy Leadership Caffeine and Management Articles|0 Comments

Leadership and the Project Manager-Critical Skills for Success and a New e-Book

Great project managers are also great leaders. The best of the project managers are senior contributors that understand their role is more about helping the group succeed than it is about conducting status meetings and revising and distributing reports. My new e-Book, Leadership and the Project Manager—Developing the Skills that Fuel High Performance, was written to serve as a “Quick-Start” to developing as a senior contributor for anyone (certified or not) that is charged with leading and managing projects.

By Art Petty|2024-08-08T13:45:01-05:00May 19th, 2009|1,770 Legacy Leadership Caffeine and Management Articles|5 Comments

Leadership Caffeine™ for the New Week: Bad Coffee and The Tyranny of Consensus

Like bad coffee, I’m not particularly fond of leading by consensus or even seeking consensus as a decision-making tool. I’ve long viewed managing by consensus as a “Tyranny of Mediocrity” approach to leading and making decisions. In seeking consensus, compromises are made that eliminate the more radical, revolutionary innovations and settle on solutions that make as many parties as possible happy.

By Art Petty|2024-08-08T13:45:03-05:00May 18th, 2009|1,770 Legacy Leadership Caffeine and Management Articles|7 Comments

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