by Art Petty | Apr 2, 2012 | Decision-Making, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
The next time an employee or a group is looking to you to make a tough decision, you might want to screw up your courage, boldly look at them and…say nothing. Teaching others to employ effective decision-making processes is one of the most important and often ignored...
by Art Petty | Mar 28, 2012 | Leadership, Project Management, Strategy
“In high-performance teams, the leaders managed the principles and the principles managed the teams.” –Carl Larson and Frank LaFasto via Jim Highsmith in Agile Project Management-Creating Innovative Products. Larson and LaFasto in their assessment of high performance...
by Art Petty | Mar 26, 2012 | Career, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
Just say “No” to the post-work invite from the team to join them for a beer. While you’ll feel torn because you enjoy social time as much as the next person, pay attention to that little voice in your mind trying to get your attention with, “You shouldn’t, you’re the...
by Art Petty | Mar 21, 2012 | Decision-Making, Leadership, Leading Change, Project Management
As a lifelong team participant and now devotee of leveraging the power of teams, I was fascinated and excited to see the article, “The New Science of Building Great Teams,” in the April, 2012 issue of Harvard Business Review. (Subscription required for the full...
by Art Petty | Mar 19, 2012 | Leadership
A few years ago, I wrote a post entitled, “At Least 20 Things to Stop Doing as a Leader” Reader comments quickly quadrupled that number. It seems there’s no shortage of Bad Boss habits. Here’s a few more “fresh” suggestions provided by clients for...
by Art Petty | Mar 12, 2012 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
Few events do more to suck the life and energy out of a team than the boss’s weekly status meeting. If you are the boss, it’s time to exorcise these from your operating routine. These forced marches around the table offering up banal or purely self-aggrandizing...
