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Leadership Caffeine™—It’s Time to Deliberately Strengthen Your Internal Network

What are you doing weekly to develop, renew, and repair key workplace relationships deliberately? If you don't have a solid answer for this question plus calendar time dedicated to the work, it needs to be elevated to your priority list. It's time to make strengthening your workplace network a top priority. In this article, I share why and how, along with a few finer points for consideration.

By Art Petty|2020-03-08T19:11:46-05:00March 8th, 2020|Career, Challenging Conversations, Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leadership Power-Ups, Self-Development|0 Comments

Leadership Caffeine Podcast—Professor Thomas J. DeLong

The best leadership book I've encountered in years isn't ostensibly about leading. The book is Teaching by Heart: One Professor's Journey to Inspire, by Thomas J. DeLong at Harvard. You'll love getting to know Tom and his passion for teaching, and you won't be able to help drawing some fabulous leadership lessons from him along the way.

By Art Petty|2020-03-04T08:52:40-06:00March 4th, 2020|Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leadership Caffeine Podcast|0 Comments

Leadership Caffeine™—The Four C’s of Effective Leadership

The best product managers, project managers, general managers, supervisors, sales managers, and every other leader I can think of who created success over a long period all exhibited the Four C's of: competence, credibility, connection, and caring.

By Art Petty|2020-03-01T07:28:40-06:00March 1st, 2020|Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leadership Power-Ups|0 Comments

Leadership Caffeine™—We Are All Emerging Leaders

Here’s a little secret. When I use the phrase “emerging leader,” I’m talking about all of us. You’re never done learning to lead. Some of us are a bit more experienced, and others are more effective than others, yet even at retirement, the job of learning to lead is incomplete.

By Art Petty|2020-02-23T10:02:53-06:00February 23rd, 2020|Art of Managing, Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, The Leadership Opportunity|0 Comments

Seven Tips to Get the Most Out of Your Coaching Experience

The opportunity to work with a coach in support of your development can be a game-changer for you in your career. Or not. The outcome, in large part, is up to you. Here are seven tips to help you get the most out of your coaching arrangement:

By Art Petty|2020-02-21T09:21:54-06:00February 21st, 2020|Career, Emerging Leaders, Just One Thing, Leadership Caffeine, Self-Development|0 Comments

Leadership Caffeine™—Beware When Relationships Cloud the Mission

It’s great to have a positive working relationship with your team members, but as soon as it endangers your ability to succeed with the mission, it’s time to rein things in and operate within the guardrails.

By Art Petty|2020-02-09T15:04:57-06:00February 9th, 2020|Art of Managing, Challenging Conversations, Decision-Making, Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine|0 Comments

Reframing Your Relationship with Influence, Power, and Office Politics

It turns out, ignoring or avoiding the political environment in your workplace is naïve and career limiting. Instead, you need to rethink and reframe your relationship with office politics and focus on building clean-power. Here are seven ideas to help:

By Art Petty|2020-02-07T09:09:48-06:00February 7th, 2020|Career, Decision-Making, Emerging Leaders, Just One Thing, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change, Self-Development|0 Comments

Leadership Caffeine Podcast #34—Dave Brock

Dave Brock joins Art Petty on the Leadership Caffeine podcast to talk about the state of sales management and selling in this turbulent, technology-driven world.

By Art Petty|2020-02-03T19:20:35-06:00February 3rd, 2020|Decision-Making, High Performance Management Teams, Leadership Caffeine, Leadership Caffeine Podcast, Leading Change, Management Innovation, Strategy|0 Comments

Feeling Powerless at Work? Five Ideas to Help You Regain Control

In my professional travels, I encounter a large number of individuals who express extreme frustration with their working lives. Many of them admit this state of unsettledness creeps into their personal lives, sowing stress and strain along the way. While some situations are generally rotten, in many instances, it is possible to counteract a sense of powerlessness by reframing your situation and acting differently. Here are five ideas to help you regain control:

By Art Petty|2020-02-03T08:19:18-06:00February 3rd, 2020|Career, Challenging Conversations, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Self-Development, Think Differently|2 Comments

Leadership and Management Book Podcast #4—Great Books We Re-Read

Our focus for this episode turns to business books we read over and over again. Wally Bock and I each share two different books and make a case for why they are important parts of our libraries and of our thinking.

By Art Petty|2020-01-14T07:24:27-06:00January 14th, 2020|Art of Managing, Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Leadership and Management Book Talk Podcast, Leadership Caffeine, Strategy, Think Differently|0 Comments

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