by Art Petty | Jan 20, 2023 | Art of Managing, Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Management Innovation, Think Differently
Rethinking the Operating System Needed for Manager Success Late last year, I shared an article at SmartBrief on Leadership, introducing the idea of the Manager’s Operating System—a set of core programs or instructions that must be present to create a healthy...
by Art Petty | Jan 3, 2023 | Art of Managing, Career, Decision-Making, Emerging Leaders, Just One Thing, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change, Self-Development, Think Differently
What If You and Your Team Members Jumped Into the New Year Brimming with Ideas and Fresh Approaches? Something I always did as a corporate executive was to make sure as many of my team members as possible were set up for professional development early in the new year....
by Art Petty | Jan 2, 2023 | Art of Managing, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leadership Power-Ups, Self-Development, The Leadership Opportunity
What’s Your Aspirational Leadership Self? Every year I work with hundreds of individuals in my Manager Development Program(s), and one of the key activities is defining their Leadership Charter. The Charter embodies their aspirational leadership self and is...
by Art Petty | Dec 13, 2022 | Art of Managing, Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Management Innovation, Think Differently
In his timely, relevant book, A New Way to Think, author, consultant, and former Rotman School of Management Dean, Roger L. Martin offers: “It’s extremely difficult—and socially risky—to question an established model that many people believe and to start...
by Art Petty | Dec 5, 2022 | Art of Managing, Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
The New Model for Managers—Old School Diplomacy In a recent article at SmartBrief on Leadership, I suggested we replace our old, outdated management model with a new one right for this era. I even suggested we throw out the label “manager” in favor of...
by Art Petty | Oct 20, 2022 | Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Self-Development
We work for decades, yet for most of us, there are a handful of moments in time that define the course of our careers. Unfortunately, these moments—opportunities or crises—don’t come with a caption suggesting, “Hey, pay attention and embrace this mess...
