by Art Petty | Nov 8, 2021 | Art of Managing, Decision-Making, Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leadership Power-Ups, Leading Change, Management Innovation, The Leadership Opportunity, Think Differently
Creativity—the ability to look at complicated situations and identify novel solutions that solve problems, advance initiatives, or rewrite old rules—may be the most critical skill of all in our workplaces. As leaders, we need to foster it, stimulate it, and do...
by Art Petty | Nov 3, 2021 | Art of Managing, Challenging Conversations, Decision-Making, Emerging Leaders, High Performance Management Teams, Influence, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leadership Power-Ups, Leading Change, Management Innovation, Product Management, Project Management, Self-Development, Strategy, The Leadership Opportunity, Think Differently
Raise your hand if you’ve experienced one too many long slogs through slides during one of the gazillion webinars you’ve attended in the past two years. OK, everyone can lower their hands. Any event that brings people together and doesn’t tap into the knowledge...
by Art Petty | Sep 26, 2021 | Art of Managing, Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leadership Power-Ups, Self-Development, The Leadership Opportunity, Think Differently
You aren’t a leader until people know who you are and why they should follow you. People comply with the title. They follow the person. While many individuals deliberately keep their work personas and their personal personas separate, I checked, and each of us is one...
by Art Petty | Jul 18, 2021 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leadership Power-Ups, Leading Change, Management Innovation, Think Differently
In too many of our organizations and on our teams, people are engaged at the transaction level. They work, meet, and deliver because it’s expected. They stop short of committing because something is missing from the environment. There’s a lack of unity of purpose. In...
by Art Petty | Jun 27, 2021 | Art of Managing, Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leadership Power-Ups, Self-Development, Think Differently
Developing as a leader doesn’t follow a straight line. It’s different for every individual. Focus on getting better at this job daily. Here are five ideas to help you jump-start this good work. 1. Get In the Game Time, place, and circumstances play a big part in...
by Art Petty | Jun 7, 2021 | Art of Managing, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leadership Power-Ups, Think Differently
One-on-Ones are the Most Valuable Real Estate on Your Calendar I’m consistently surprised by how few managers and executives have a game plan for their one-on-one sessions with team members. Just ask those team members, as too many describe these sessions with...
