by Art Petty | Dec 6, 2017 | Art of Managing, Career, Just One Thing, Leadership
I listen to managers for a living. Some are experienced managers—executives responsible for guiding large groups or the entire organization. Others are a bit less seasoned, including wide-eyed first-time managers excited to change the world but still uncertain how to...
by Art Petty | Nov 28, 2017 | Career, Career Reinvention
Something interesting happens to all of us as we navigate through our careers—we develop a view to ourselves disconnected from how others see us. This difference in perception is problematic in many situations and potentially debilitating when it comes to the process...
by Art Petty | Nov 3, 2017 | Career, Career Reinvention
During the past few years, I’ve worked with a number of mid to later-career professionals striving for that next big thing in their working lives. It’s an incredible experience and honor to work with individuals who have cultivated so much experience and who ooze...
by Art Petty | Oct 27, 2017 | Career
It turns out, just because you’re smart doesn’t mean you make good career choices. Some of the smartest people I know keep tripping all over themselves as they stumble from one bad situation to the next. They fall victim to at least 4 big career mistakes. That’s too...
by Art Petty | Oct 15, 2017 | Career, Career Reinvention
Note from Art: Thanks to the wonders of technology, this webinar is regularly rebroadcast. Click here and you will be given a number of time options. If you happen to miss the time option, you will receive a link to a replay. The traffic in this event continues to be...
by Art Petty | Oct 8, 2017 | Art of Managing, Career, Decision-Making, High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Leading Change, Strategy
I have an allergic reaction to the gravitational pull of the status quo when it masquerades as conventional wisdom. Too often, leaders and managers reduce complex and emerging situations to an algorithm developed for another time and set of variables. It’s a...