by Art Petty | Nov 23, 2020 | Art of Managing, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change, Management Innovation, Strategy, The Leadership Opportunity, Think Differently
Note from Art: A version of this article appeared originally at SmartBrief on Leadership. — For hundreds of years, individuals known as alchemists searched in vain for the mythical Philosopher’s Stone, a substance that was imagined to have the properties...
by Art Petty | Nov 11, 2020 | Art of Managing, Challenging Conversations, Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, Leadership, Leadership Power-Ups, Self-Development
Part 1 in this series focused on Why We Don’t Like the Idea of Giving or Receiving Feedback Part 2 offered Seven Actions to Help You Succeed with Feedback In Part 3 of this series, the emphasis is on managing the discussions successfully with empathy and...
by Art Petty | Oct 18, 2020 | Art of Managing, Challenging Conversations, Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Self-Development
Leading in challenging circumstances is akin to riding with people you care about on a broken down rollercoaster with everyone blindfolded and lacking safety harnesses. The ups are slow to emerge, and you always know there’s a big drop coming sometime—you just don’t...
by Art Petty | Sep 20, 2020 | Art of Managing, Career, Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leadership Power-Ups, Self-Development
I’m on record in my programs and various writings suggesting a “clean power” approach to cultivating influence in the workplace. There are ample opportunities to engage in the political environment in your organization without compromising your...
by Art Petty | Sep 8, 2020 | Art of Managing, Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Strategy, The Leadership Opportunity, Think Differently
Note from Art: This article appeared originally as a feature at SmartBrief on Leadership. Why Thinking Differently About Leading and Managing is So Critical and How to Jumpstart It It wasn’t long ago when the phrase “think differently” evoked images...
by Art Petty | Aug 31, 2020 | Art of Managing, Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leadership Power-Ups
In Search of the Magic of Team High Performance We talk a big game about teams in business, yet often they disappoint. Raise your hand if you’ve been on a so-called team that devolved into a debating society that went nowhere. Regardless of outcomes and...
