by Art Petty | Jan 24, 2011 | Career, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
Overheard from Various Managers: “I have to walk on eggshells around her.” “He’s volatile, and I don’t want to upset him, so I steer clear and let him do his thing.” “I’m afraid to confront her.” “He’s too valuable to the firm, so we all kind of look the other way.”...
by Art Petty | Jan 17, 2011 | Career, Leadership Caffeine
For most of us, the answer to the question, “Are you pushing yourself hard enough?” is “No.” If we’re honest with ourselves, there are parts of our lives, including our careers, our relationships and our own personal development, where we are...
by Art Petty | Jan 10, 2011 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
If as Woody Allen indicated, “80-percent of success is just showing up,” the gross majority of the rest of success must be attributable to adopting the right attitude. I’ll leave a little wiggle room in there for the propensity to act and our good friend, luck. Our...
by Art Petty | Jan 3, 2011 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
The modern-day practice of alchemy is only metaphorically about the search for a method to turn lead into gold. Instead of the medieval pursuit by alchemists of a magical chemical conversion process to change one element into another, modern practitioners are focused...
by Art Petty | Dec 28, 2010 | Career, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
Note from Art: I’m taking a few days off over the holidays to focus on family and recharge my writing batteries. I plan on completing the second round edits of my next book, aptly titled, Leadership Caffeine, and I’m preparing a few other blogging...
by Art Petty | Dec 27, 2010 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
Note from Art: I’m taking a few days off over the holidays to focus on family and recharge my writing batteries. I plan on completing the second round edits of my next book, aptly titled, Leadership Caffeine, and I’m preparing a few other blogging...
