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 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...
by Art Petty | Jul 25, 2023 | Art of Managing, Career, Just One Thing, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leadership Power-Ups, Self-Development, Think Differently
It’s a Crisis When My Idea Machine Grinds to a Halt Like many of you, ideas are my stock in trade. Whether writing the next article, designing a new workshop or course, providing strategy advisory services for a client, or supporting my coaching clients, I have...
by Art Petty | Jun 25, 2023 | Art of Managing, Just One Thing, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change, Self-Development, Think Differently
Sorry, S.M.A.R.T. Goals, But Your Day is Over OK, a confession: I wanted to title this article something like “Why Your S.M.A.R.T. Goals are Dumb, but my topic is a bit more expansive than just my disdain for that all-too-present and limiting corporate approach...
by Art Petty | May 31, 2023 | Career, Just One Thing, Self-Development
Congratulations, You Made It! Now What? Wrapping up your M.B.A. is a milestone. If you’re like most M.B.A. students who pursue their degrees part-time, this work has been a significant part of your life for several years. In my prior teaching in the M.B.A....
by Art Petty | May 2, 2023 | Art of Managing, Career, Just One Thing, Self-Development
That Feeling of Creeping Irrelevance is Toxic for You In our unsettled era filled with the specter of emerging AI and an economic shift to mass layoffs in many sectors, wondering whether you are still relevant in your workplace is the stuff of sleepless nights. A...
