by Art Petty | Feb 18, 2018 | Just One Thing, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leadership Power-Ups, Leading Change
A great deal of energy goes into reconstituting the same ten core ideas around effective leadership the way a frugal home cook reconstitutes leftovers. At last count, my budget-stretching mother could make at least five dishes out of leftover turkey. The names of the...
by Art Petty | Feb 7, 2018 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leadership Power-Ups
One of the bedrock principles of finding a great idea is first to generate a lot of ideas. This fun, fast-moving riff on great leadership was born from a client challenge in a live setting to generate as many ideas as possible in 45-minutes. Great fun, and we filled...
by Art Petty | Jan 28, 2018 | High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
I tripped across a simple diagram depicting a continuous loop of learn, adapt, and influence, in a book on negotiation by Michael Wheeler of Harvard Business School. While his emphasis was on describing the continually shifting environment in any negotiation, this...
by Art Petty | Jan 21, 2018 | Art of Managing, Just One Thing, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
Liberating is an odd word to associate with the idea of accountability in the workplace. At least it is until you’ve worked in an environment where accountability is enforced like patronage jobs in Chicago are dispensed—unfairly, unevenly, and directly related to the...
by Art Petty | Jan 14, 2018 | Challenging Conversations, Decision-Making, Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
The idea of journaling sounds old-fashioned and even anachronistic in our era. Nonetheless, much like the simple but powerful checklist tool for productivity and quality, a properly maintained journal is a powerful and eminently utilitarian tool for promoting...
by Art Petty | Jan 3, 2018 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
A few years ago, I wrote a post on why I was thankful for those who had taught me what it means to display grit. The article is mostly autobiographical. I’ve had some great role models to observe as they’ve navigated adversity in their lives. If you...
