by Art Petty | Jun 25, 2018 | Career, Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, The Leadership Opportunity
One of the comments I regularly pass along to emerging leader groups is: “Put your heart and soul into the work of people and one day you will look back and marvel at the results.” And while I know this to be true—I also understand the individuals I’m sharing it with...
by Art Petty | Jun 22, 2018 | Art of Managing, Challenging Conversations, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
When feedback is not specific and behavioral, it’s not actionable. Heck, it’s not even comprehensible. Give vague, constructive feedback to a conscientious person and expect them to take an emotional nosedive striving and struggling to figure out what they are doing...
by Art Petty | Jun 19, 2018 | Art of Managing, Challenging Conversations, Decision-Making, Emerging Leaders, High Performance Management Teams, Leadership
The road to a difficult decision is paved with one or more challenging conversations. The two—difficult decisions and challenging conversations—are inextricably linked. Effective leaders and high performing teams work hard to develop skills and conventions for...
by Art Petty | Jun 14, 2018 | Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leadership Power-Ups
For the record, I love Tom Peters’ latest book, “The Excellence Dividend: Meeting the Tech Tide with Work that Wows and Jobs that Last.” It reads like a common-sense punch-in-the-nose reminder on pursuing excellence in the moment with every breath and action you and...
by Art Petty | Jun 4, 2018 | Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change, Management Innovation, Strategy
One of the many conundrums of today’s overtaxed and under-resourced front-line managers is the issue of coaching the development of emerging leaders. Few argue with the importance of this objective, yet the “how” is an abstract concept. The words make sense and heads...
