by Art Petty | Jul 6, 2017 | Career, Just One Thing
“Research suggests that the human mind has a propensity to pay greater attention to and process the bad compared to the good, a phenomenon often called the negativity bias. Bad feedback has greater impact; bad impressions are quicker to form; bad information is...
by Art Petty | May 26, 2017 | Career
Career planning is oxymoronic in this era. Preparing for a series of career changes is a different story. Over the coming decade(s), industries and vocations will rise, flourish for a moment and then fade. For moments in time, those with the spot-on right education...
by Art Petty | May 15, 2017 | Career, Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
Gary Rogers, the recently late entrepreneur, perhaps best known for buying, building, and selling the Dreyer’s and Edy’s brands of ice cream, had a consistent response to inquiries from his underlings: “You decide.” I love this response. My response to, “How should...
by Art Petty | May 10, 2017 | Art of Managing, Career, First Time Manager Series
There are few transitions in a person’s career more challenging than moving from contributor or maker to manager. It’s clumsy, awkward, a little frightening and filled with both opportunities to grow and ways to misstep. And the burnout rate of first-time managers is...
by Art Petty | Apr 28, 2017 | Career, Leadership
I attended a conference of uber-successful solo consultants and coaches this past week. It turns out, uber-successful people are some of the hardest-working individuals in the world on one core thing: themselves. They understand that they have to be at their best to...
by Art Petty | Apr 11, 2017 | Art of Managing, Career, First Time Manager Series, Leadership
Some jobs are harder than others. Navigating the waters of your first-time manager position ranks high on the list. The initial few weeks (years) are what I term the early-awkward phase. Mastery isn’t an issue. Survival is. Mastery comes next decade. Maybe. Most...
