by Art Petty | Jun 19, 2017 | High Performance Management Teams, Leadership
All of us face a choice to protect the status quo or lead the way down uncharted paths. For long successful firms, the tendency of those in charge is to protect what’s working. They become museum guards or what I describe as caretaker managers. Innovation in these...
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...
by Art Petty | May 19, 2017 | Art of Managing, High Performance Management Teams, Leading Change
IBM is the latest firm to announce an end to remote working arrangements—a practice it popularized and enabled through its products and advertising. It seems there’s a trend, particularly in struggling companies ranging from Best Buy a few years ago, to Yahoo, and...
by Art Petty | Apr 30, 2017 | High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
We all know the short-list of things we need to do to build an effective team at work: Create a common purpose Ensure clarity of roles Provide clear, supportive leadership. Promote accountability. Support learning. Provide coaching. I like those as general rules. Like...
by Art Petty | Apr 25, 2017 | Art of Managing, Challenging Conversations, First Time Manager Series, High Performance Management Teams
Learning to master feedback is every first-time manager’s bogeyman. It’s an issue for many experienced managers. Experienced doesn’t mean good. We avoid it, dilute it, or (metaphorically) beat people over the head with it. We think that people don’t want to be...
by Art Petty | Apr 17, 2017 | High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
I’ve worked for, with, and around extraordinary and mundane leaders. Most are mundane. There are worse things to be than mundane. Mundane leaders are boring, but not immediately toxic. Characteristics of Mundane Leaders: They fail to recognize the power they have to...
