by Art Petty | Oct 29, 2017 | Just One Thing, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
If you’ve ever watched any of the Charlie Brown features on television, you know that adults are never seen and when heard, they make unintelligible noises somewhere in the range of a sick elephant or me attempting to play the trombone. (Click here if you are not...
by Art Petty | Oct 16, 2017 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Product Management, Project Management
For most of us in our workplaces, there’s no avoiding the presence of cross-functional teams. Too many of our projects and programs cross over departmental or divisional boundary lines to vanquish these groupings of often prickly, over-taxed individuals. And heck, the...
by Art Petty | Sep 17, 2017 | Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
“A really effective leader can get results and build the capability of individuals and build effective teams so that results are achieved beyond the moment. But they have to get results or they don’t stay leaders.” -Jim Fisher, The Thoughtful Leader Emphasis on that...
by Art Petty | Aug 21, 2017 | Career, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
During my first few career decades, there were only two situations and two years where I didn’t serve in a capacity responsible for others. One was an 18-month hitch with a prestigious firm where I served as staff. Yes, I was the “jerk” from corporate. The other...
by Art Petty | Aug 20, 2017 | Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
I’ve long been accused of conflating the roles of manager and leader. I admit to not giving a rat’s rear over the mostly academic and consultant-perpetuated myth of manager equals bad or small or narrow-minded and leader equals good. It’s a false dichotomy that...
by Art Petty | Aug 1, 2017 | High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Strategy
There is no strategy without leadership courage. Strategy by definition demands asking and answering the hard, existential, foundation-shattering questions that create sleepless nights and stomach distress. And then comes the decision-making part, where courage gets a...
