by Art Petty | Jul 8, 2018 | Career, Career Reinvention, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
For just about everyone involved in leading and guiding others for an extended period, the time comes when the natural enthusiasm that fueled your work fades. For some, it’s a slow fade characterized by creeping malaise and a sense of restlessness. For others, it’s a...
by Art Petty | May 31, 2018 | Career, Career Reinvention
Einstein was wrong. We can control time. Ask any person occupying a job they hate or stuck working for a manager they despise, and they will tell you that time has reduced to a crawl, turning hours and days into something that feels like a slow, unrelenting,...
by Art Petty | Mar 21, 2018 | Career, Career Reinvention
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 10, 2018 | Career, Career Reinvention
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...
by Art Petty | Mar 2, 2018 | Career, Career Reinvention
For many experienced professionals, there’s a tug-of-war going on in their minds, pitting who they are in their careers and what they do, versus the pull of “there must be something more.” Many resolve this contest by letting go of the rope and relegating themselves...
by Art Petty | Jan 29, 2018 | Career, Career Reinvention
For most of us, purpose and cause in our careers take a backseat to obligations and responsibilities. We lose our personal-professional identities in pursuit of paychecks and the trappings of success. Over time, we begin to define ourselves as our jobs and titles, and...
