by Art Petty | Aug 15, 2023 | Art of Managing, Career, Challenging Conversations, Decision-Making, Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
One of the frequent themes in my executive and emerging leader coaching and evaluation sessions and programs is confusion over how to create and sustain an effective coaching dialog with team members. This topic ranges from constructive feedback to career discussions...
by Art Petty | Aug 14, 2023 | Art of Managing, Career, Decision-Making, Emerging Leaders, Influence, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change, Self-Development, The Leadership Opportunity
How much wisdom and great management and leadership sense can one person bring to us? Well, if you’re Adam Bryant, author of The Leap to Leader: How Ambitious Managers Make the Jump to Leadership, the answer is a great deal! Adam was the guest/co-host for...
by Art Petty | Aug 3, 2023 | Career, Career Reinvention, Self-Development
It’s the fear that keeps us from moving from daydreams into action It’s always the fear of something that holds us back when it comes to a career change. I hear the “What if’s?” from clients at the beginning of our work together all of...
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 | Jul 17, 2023 | Career, Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Power-Ups, Self-Development, Think Differently
In a recent Leadership Caffeine Jam Session, I asked, “How do you react if your boss suggests you will benefit by engaging a coach?” The feedback was largely positive. Most of the responses were in the neighborhood of “That would be great,” or...
by Art Petty | Jun 6, 2023 | Art of Managing, Career, Career Reinvention, Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change, Management Innovation, Self-Development
My friend Wally Bock publishes a reminder every year for us to make our summer reading lists. That’s my cue to build and share mine. I suspect a few of these professional development reads might trickle over onto my into my fall reading; however, it’s good...