by Art Petty | Apr 1, 2018 | Art of Managing, Decision-Making, High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Management Innovation
It’s commonplace in business (and life) to face seemingly opposed, unsatisfactory choices. In many situations, the best answer is to do neither. Instead, effective leaders draw upon what Roger Martin in his classic book, The Opposable Mind, describes as integrative...
by Art Petty | Mar 21, 2018 | Career, Career Re-mix
Is Your Job Killing You? I always enjoy Jeffrey Pfeffer’s books, (Power, Leadership B.S.), for the research-backed approach he takes with his topics. In his latest book, Dying for a Paycheck, Pfeffer offers a compelling case for what many of us sense: our work is...
by Art Petty | Mar 18, 2018 | Art of Managing, First Time Manager Series, Leadership
There are certain cringe-promoting phrases in our organizational lives, and, “I’ve got an open door policy” just gives me the heebie-jeebies. While I suspect some manager somewhere means good by it, I’ve watched too many managers misuse, abuse, and outright lie about...
by Art Petty | Mar 17, 2018 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leadership Power-Ups, Leading Change
In a perfect world, we would all start our roles as managers and emerging leaders fully aware of the behaviors and ingredients that promote success. In reality, the work of leading is learned through clumsy practice and (hopefully) refined over time. I for one would...
by Art Petty | Mar 10, 2018 | Career, Career Re-mix
The single most important part of my own personal journey for career reinvention has been integrating an obsession with exercise and diet into the work of transforming from corporate executive to a successful executive and career coach and speaker. The benefits from...
