by Art Petty | Sep 26, 2017 | Career
If you or anyone close to you has ever experienced a panic attack, you know it’s a horrible experience. One friend described it to me as a feeling of overwhelming helplessness followed by a host of unpleasant physical symptoms. The career panic attack is similar and...
by Art Petty | Sep 8, 2017 | Art of Managing, Career, First Time Manager Series
I still recall my not so glorious introduction to managing. If it weren’t for a great mentor, I might have found myself on the wrong end of an insurrection from my group members. It turns out, this work of managing is a lot more challenging than most of us anticipate....
by Art Petty | Sep 6, 2017 | Career, Leadership
I would be shocked if you cannot recall being in a meeting where someone in a position of authority was uttering something so fantastically full of crap that you thought you might choke. I would be even more shocked if the general response of the individuals present...
by Art Petty | Sep 1, 2017 | Career, Just One Thing, Leading Change
As an organizational leader, change is the stuff of long days and sleepless nights. For everyone else in the organization, the moment in time when you learn change is inevitable is often the stuff of panic attacks. That’s a shame because a more rational response...
by Art Petty | Aug 21, 2017 | Career, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
During my first few career decades, there were only two situations and two years where I didn’t serve in a capacity responsible for others. One was an 18-month hitch with a prestigious firm where I served as staff. Yes, I was the “jerk” from corporate. The other...
by Art Petty | Aug 3, 2017 | Career, Emerging Leaders, Leadership
New Webinar Series/Program, Early Bird Pricing! On the heels of my widely subscribed Succeeding as a First-Time Manager webinar subscription series & professional development program, I am excited to announce the latest: Developing as a Manager of Managers. This...
