by Art Petty | Jan 2, 2018 | Career, Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
I prefer to thin-slice professional development down to single and simple controllable actions in the moment. Instead of worrying about the entire portfolio of issues and behaviors holding you back, focus on one at a time and work on perfecting or strengthening it....
by Art Petty | Nov 12, 2017 | Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
I love the phrase, “natural time.” When I first heard it, I had no idea what the heck it meant, but something about it sparked a thought. I first heard the phrase from my colleague, Michele, who mentioned it during a conversation the other day. Michele is a Nia...
by Art Petty | Nov 6, 2017 | Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, Leadership
In workshops and live settings, I’ve been asked numerous times about my biggest mistakes as a manager. I’ve made a fair number of them over three decades of leading and managing (and I regularly share these via my cases and articles), however, my Achilles Heel earlier...
by Art Petty | Nov 2, 2017 | Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, Leadership
If you’re growing frustrated and fatigued with your life as a manager, you might want to take a step-back and review and strengthen the foundation for your role. Three items provide structural integrity for your managerial foundation: Role clarity Values Connectedness...
by Art Petty | Sep 17, 2017 | Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
“A really effective leader can get results and build the capability of individuals and build effective teams so that results are achieved beyond the moment. But they have to get results or they don’t stay leaders.” -Jim Fisher, The Thoughtful Leader Emphasis on that...
by Art Petty | Sep 11, 2017 | Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, Leadership
The rude awakening for many first-time managers is the reality that they are now actually responsible for the outcomes of others. It’s a far cry from the life of an individual contributor when the only difficult person you had to deal with was staring back at you in...
