by Art Petty | Sep 10, 2019 | Art of Managing, Challenging Conversations, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change
When Good Feedback Intentions Backfire I received a note from someone who was bothered by a recent group meeting with his manager. The manager had used the forum to deliver some feedback critical of performance. The way it was delivered left people scratching their...
by Art Petty | Sep 8, 2019 | Art of Managing, Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
I’m an advocate of leaders practicing Swift Trust in the workplace. Instead of requiring team members or colleagues to perform an elongated walk-on-hot-coals to prove they are trustworthy, make “I trust you” your default mode from minute one. Practicing Swift Trust...
by Art Petty | Sep 4, 2019 | Art of Managing, Career, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Management Innovation, Think Differently
There are more than a few reasons your firm or industry won’t make it through the next decade. While you won’t derail or defuse the power of the many disruptive market forces swirling in our world, it’s the lack of imagination for harnessing these...
by Art Petty | May 19, 2019 | Art of Managing, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, The Leadership Opportunity
Here’s a fact of life for most of us in our organizations—if we don’t create the right results, we don’t last in our management or leadership roles. Our systems are set up to focus on results as the ultimate arbiters of our success. That’s it....
by Art Petty | May 16, 2019 | Art of Managing, Decision-Making, Leadership, Leading Change, Management Innovation, Project Management, Strategy
Anyone who has invested time in renovating an older home understands surprises and conundrums emerge every time a wall or ceiling is breached. I resisted the irrational urge to take on a monumental task at our lake home as a do-it-yourselfer, and I breathe a sigh of...
by Art Petty | May 6, 2019 | Art of Managing, Career, Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, Leadership
Succeed wildly as a front-line or first-time manager, and chances are good you’ll wake up one day and head to work and learn that everything has changed again. The disorienting promotion to manager of managers is one that receives less coverage than the plight...
