by Art Petty | May 20, 2021 | Art of Managing, Challenging Conversations, Emerging Leaders, High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Leadership Power-Ups, Self-Development, The Leadership Opportunity
OK, the topic of feedback isn’t stand-up comedy funny. It’s funny as in odd because there are so many contradictions surrounding it. What the Experts Say About Feedback Run a search on “Feedback” at Harvard Business Review (subscription), and...
by Art Petty | May 16, 2021 | Art of Managing, Emerging Leaders, High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Self-Development, Strategy, The Leadership Opportunity
You can’t lead effectively without transparency. You can’t lead at all without accountability. Can Your Team Members Answer These Eight Questions Confidently? What do you stand for? What do we stand for? Where are we? Where are we going? How will we get...
by Art Petty | May 10, 2021 | Art of Managing, Career, Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Management Innovation, The Leadership Opportunity, Think Differently
What Work Should Be Perseverance and Ingenuity—what great names! I’m speaking of the Mars Rover and the small helicopter that hitched a ride all the way to the red planet. After all, it took both perseverance and ingenuity from many over the more significant...
by Art Petty | May 6, 2021 | Art of Managing, Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, Leadership, Management Innovation, Self-Development
Managing is hard work for so many reasons. From the challenges of dealing with people and personalities to the never-ending, ever-growing lists of things to do, often with conflicting priorities, it’s a tough job. Yet, when I explore the stress points with struggling...
by Art Petty | May 2, 2021 | Art of Managing, Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, The Leadership Opportunity
What’s the Best Place You Ever Worked? Think about the best place you ever worked. What made it great? I bet it was a combination of these factors: The boss was demanding, but she was positive and supportive. She had high standards and high expectations, but you...
by Art Petty | Apr 29, 2021 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leadership Power-Ups, Leading Change, Management Innovation, Strategy, The Leadership Opportunity, Think Differently
I’ve been a part of an organization that pursued a moon-shot. For myself and the many people involved, it was some of our careers’ most challenging and best work. Like a championship from long ago, when the situation pops into my mind, I smile. It was good...
