by Art Petty | Jun 7, 2024 | Art of Managing, Career, Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Self-Development
Summer School Gets a Bad Rap OK, first, let’s take on the summer school label. As a kid growing up in Chicago, I remember thinking that people who had to go to summer school clearly did something bad during the school year. After all, summer was about riding my...
by Art Petty | May 20, 2024 | Art of Managing, Career, Career Reinvention, Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, Self-Development, The Manager's Journey
The Destination is Nice, Yet the Joy is in the Journey We moved to our lake home at the tail end of the pandemic. It was a shift from our 30-year suburban Chicago-area home and a chance to run our own version of one of those home renovation shows, where we did a poor...
by Art Petty | Mar 14, 2024 | Art of Managing, Career, Career Reinvention, Decision-Making, Emerging Leaders, Self-Development
Bottom Line Up Front If you’ve been passed over for promotion opportunities or you find yourself relegated to less-than-strategic initiatives in your organization, that creeping sense of irrelevance you are feeling might be real. As the late Andy Grove offered,...
by Art Petty | Feb 12, 2024 | Career, Emerging Leaders, High Performance Management Teams, Just One Thing, Leadership, Self-Development
Note from Art: In part one of this Reaching for the Executive Ranks series, I shared guidance on developing as a strategist. In this article, I strive to demystify what is often called “executive presence,” and I share guidance and resources on...
by Art Petty | Jan 8, 2024 | Art of Managing, Career, Challenging Conversations, Decision-Making, Emerging Leaders, Influence, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change, Management Innovation, Self-Development, Strategy, Think Differently
Striving to Level Up? Focus on “The Big Five” While today’s career world for many is about something other than “The Climb,” my coaching ranks and workshop programs are filled with individuals striving to scale their impact and, for many,...
by Art Petty | Jan 2, 2024 | Career, Just One Thing, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Self-Development
“We have met the enemy, and they are us.” -Walt Kelly comic strip artist, slightly adapting Master Commandant Oliver Perry’s original saying. Creating is a daily battle I’ve long known what it takes for me to succeed: it’s focus. I...
