by Art Petty | Jun 16, 2019 | Challenging Conversations, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leadership Power-Ups, Strategy, The Leadership Opportunity
There’s a surprising lack of context coming from bosses in the workplace about their priorities, challenges, aspirations, and even what keeps them awake at night. This insight deficit is getting in the way of building trust, spurring initiative, and promoting...
by Art Petty | Jun 3, 2019 | Challenging Conversations, Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
Seeing situations through the eyes of others may be the most crucial skill you’re not working very hard on in your professional or personal lives. It turns out when you do this—when you truly actually strive to understand how others view situations—the world...
by Art Petty | Apr 17, 2019 | Challenging Conversations, High Performance Management Teams
I’ve spent a good portion of my working life participating in or working with senior management teams. The experiences range from fascinating and exhilarating to the stuff of waking nightmares. Some senior management teams have it all going on. They tackle the tough...
by Art Petty | Apr 14, 2019 | Art of Managing, Career, Challenging Conversations
Not all micromanagers are created equal. Some are a lot more vexing than others. If you’re unfortunate enough to fall under their purview for a while, instead of letting the frustration get to you, it pays to develop coping and navigation skills. In this article, I...
by Art Petty | Apr 11, 2019 | Challenging Conversations, Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Leading Change, Project Management, Strategy
Black Holes, Missed Opportunities, and Alternate Universes Leading the sales efforts for multiple software firms throughout my career, one of the issues that kept me awake at night was the idea that there were deals out there we didn’t know about in spite of our...
by Art Petty | Mar 25, 2019 | Challenging Conversations, First Time Manager Series, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
At the time, I had no idea how to respond to the feedback: “You need to show your team you’re not a machine.” “Huh?” I was a first-time manager with two years in the role. And, I had been operating with a very wrong sense of what my job was. It took a...
