by Art Petty | Aug 21, 2018 | Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
As career steps go, shifting from individual contributor to manager is right up there near the top for difficulty level. If you navigated this transition at some point and sustained your career as a manager, you have scars or at least cringe-worthy stories of your...
by Art Petty | Aug 19, 2018 | Art of Managing, Challenging Conversations, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change
Good managers work hard at pushing fear out of the workplace. Yet, even in the healthiest of organizations, fear’s close cousin, anxiety, worms its way into our consciousness and governs how we process and react to the idea of change and each other. Skilled change...
by Art Petty | Jul 23, 2018 | Career, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
Perhaps it’s the sign of a hot economy, but I’ve encountered more than one person in recent days who turned down a new opportunity because it was too messy. Admittedly, the word “messy” was never spoken, but it was implied. These people missed the point. I learned a...
by Art Petty | Jul 8, 2018 | Career, Career Reinvention, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
For just about everyone involved in leading and guiding others for an extended period, the time comes when the natural enthusiasm that fueled your work fades. For some, it’s a slow fade characterized by creeping malaise and a sense of restlessness. For others, it’s a...
by Art Petty | Jun 25, 2018 | Career, Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, The Leadership Opportunity
One of the comments I regularly pass along to emerging leader groups is: “Put your heart and soul into the work of people and one day you will look back and marvel at the results.” And while I know this to be true—I also understand the individuals I’m sharing it with...
by Art Petty | Jun 22, 2018 | Art of Managing, Challenging Conversations, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
When feedback is not specific and behavioral, it’s not actionable. Heck, it’s not even comprehensible. Give vague, constructive feedback to a conscientious person and expect them to take an emotional nosedive striving and struggling to figure out what they are doing...
