by Art Petty | Aug 20, 2017 | Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
I’ve long been accused of conflating the roles of manager and leader. I admit to not giving a rat’s rear over the mostly academic and consultant-perpetuated myth of manager equals bad or small or narrow-minded and leader equals good. It’s a false dichotomy that...
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...
by Art Petty | Jun 15, 2017 | Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, Leadership
Look around you, and you’ll see that your front-line managers are accountable for the lion’s share of people managing in your organization. Whether you call them supervisor or manager, these individuals are responsible for the teams delivering customer support,...
by Art Petty | Jun 13, 2017 | Emerging Leaders, Leadership
I love observing highly competent professionals in action. Whether they are preparing breakfast over a sizzling grill, performing surgery, or turning a challenging customer into a raving fan, there’s nothing more inspiring than observing someone who is great at her...
by Art Petty | Jun 1, 2017 | Emerging Leaders, Leading Change
I’ve never met a CEO who was confident her organization was generating the leadership talent necessary to meet the needs of their changing business. The shortage of emerging leadership talent in a world seemingly mad with change and disruption is the stuff of...
by Art Petty | May 30, 2017 | Emerging Leaders, High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Leading Change
We spend a great deal of time talking about what it takes to lead in business. Perhaps we should devote a bit more time to what it means to follow. There are no great leaders without effective followers. There are no successful transformations without effective...
