by Art Petty | Nov 5, 2018 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leadership Power-Ups
So, You Had a Bad Day (Week, Month, Quarter): When your usual positive attitude takes a holiday and leaves you alone with your grumpier more cynical self, it’s time for action. And while the idea of turning in your resignation after telling off the higher-ups is a...
by Art Petty | Nov 2, 2018 | Art of Managing, Challenging Conversations, Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
A Day in the Life of a Manager: Every manager I know is involved in a daily sprint to keep things moving and to try and figure out how to make things run better, faster, and cheaper. Most have team members on loan to project teams. And then there are the change...
by Art Petty | Oct 30, 2018 | Career, Challenging Conversations, Leadership
We have all become unwitting participants in a massive unregulated social experiment. For a little over a decade, we have forced ourselves to evolve from beings who communicate face-to-face, to beings who spend a significant portion of our work and personal lives...
by Art Petty | Oct 28, 2018 | Challenging Conversations
I don’t have any magic words to cure you of your dislike of feedback—both giving and receiving it. No one relishes the moment when the boss stops by and says, “Let’s meet at 1:00 p.m., I’ve got some feedback for you.” And who really wakes up excited to have that...
by Art Petty | Oct 22, 2018 | Art of Managing, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change
Congratulations, this Mess is Yours to Fix! At some point in your management career, you’re likely to be placed in a situation where your charter is to fix what’s not working. Whether it’s poor sales, decreasing customer satisfaction or declining performance...
