by Art Petty | Jul 19, 2019 | Career, Challenging Conversations, Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, Strategy
Are you feeling over-tasked and maybe a bit or a lot overwhelmed at work? If so, you’re not alone. This feeling as if you are out of control is a perpetual state of existence for too many in the workplace. It’s exhausting, and frankly, it’s not sustainable,...
by Art Petty | Jul 18, 2019 | Career, Decision-Making, Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change
I’ve long believed learning to lead in the gray-zone inside organizations is a great approach for creating value, standing out, and getting ahead in your career. Of course, it comes with some risks. In this article, I offer ideas to help you grow your influence and...
by Art Petty | Jul 7, 2019 | Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change, Project Management, Strategy
Perhaps a testament to the survival instinct in human nature, many managers and contributors go to great lengths to avoid the maelstrom surrounding the most significant workplace problems. Highlight the failing strategy, and you invite an airstrike from top...
by Art Petty | Jun 24, 2019 | Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
The work of new manager development in our organizations is mostly messy. If you’re the new manager, that’s a problem. Ditto for the promoting manager. Too often we thrust our best and brightest individual contributors into this role expecting they’ll...
by Art Petty | Jun 6, 2019 | Decision-Making, Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
I’ve always been attuned to and intrigued by the moments in history and in our organizations where fateful decisions hang in the balance promising to change everything. These are moments when the drama is so thick you can cut it with a knife. Everyone involved...
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...
