by Art Petty | Aug 28, 2022 | Art of Managing, Career, Emerging Leaders, High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change, Project Management
Working With Others Can Be Painful. It Shouldn’t Be! Teaming and collaboration experiences happen in all walks of our professional and personal lives. Some experiences working with others are draining, others passable, and just a few are energizing and even fun....
by Art Petty | Aug 23, 2022 | Art of Managing, Challenging Conversations, Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, Leadership, Self-Development
A series of articles with fewer than 500 words to help you strengthen your communication effectiveness! You’re Not Archeologists—Look Forward in Challenging Feedback Conversations One of the tripping points of so many challenging workplace conversations—especially...
by Art Petty | Aug 15, 2022 | Art of Managing, Challenging Conversations, Decision-Making, Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, Influence, Leadership, Leading Change, Management Innovation, The Leadership Opportunity
I hope your Summer has been filled with great experiences and enough downtime to focus on you and your family. Our family enjoyed a wonderful wedding in Italy and much time renovating our new residence. For many of you, it’s Back-to-School for your students. It’s also...
by Art Petty | Jun 12, 2022 | Art of Managing, Career, Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Self-Development, The Leadership Opportunity, Think Differently
I’m always intrigued when my original article, Six Big Reasons Why You’ll Love the Role of Manager, shows up at the top of my most-read list. It gratifies me that people are finding this article, yet I don’t know whether they’re clicking on it...
by Art Petty | May 8, 2022 | Art of Managing, Challenging Conversations, Decision-Making, Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Self-Development, The Leadership Opportunity
Our mistakes in pursuit of learning are the burpees, extra gym time, and leg days of our mental fitness for most of us. For those where mistakes are measured in cost or time (not life impact or safety), your mistakes measure how hard you are pushing yourself to grow....
by Art Petty | May 1, 2022 | Art of Managing, Decision-Making, Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change, Self-Development
My wife and I made a big move last week. We left our 30-year suburban home where we raised our sons and moved to the lake. The process took almost a year from the decision to make the move and about a day to sell. In-between, we focused on lightening our load of...