by Art Petty | Nov 27, 2023 | Art of Managing, Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, Leadership, Think Differently
New manager development is hard work. The benefits to organizations that get it right include strengthened performance, improved engagement and retention, meaningful collaboration, and increased innovation. Oh, and the strengthened leadership pipeline is alright, too....
by Art Petty | Nov 1, 2023 | Art of Managing, Challenging Conversations, Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
Even managers are prone to “Student Syndrome.” It’s that time of year when managers everywhere groan under the weight of the performance evaluations they’ve barely started. Yes, there’s a similarity between college students and their...
by Art Petty | Oct 23, 2023 | Art of Managing, Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, The Leadership Opportunity
Is there a drama storm on your team? In my informal survey of coaching clients, workplace drama is all too prevalent and distracting. Managers are tired of officiating the he said/she said/they didn’t/I can’t work with… issues that creep up in daily...
by Art Petty | Oct 16, 2023 | Art of Managing, Challenging Conversations, Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Self-Development
Feedback & Tough Performance Discussions Are Stressful—But They Don’t Have to Be I’ve trained thousands of professionals across every major sector on how to design and deliver feedback (and feed-forward) discussions that promote growth. I’ve...
by Art Petty | Oct 9, 2023 | Art of Managing, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change, Management Innovation, The Leadership Opportunity
Leadership development is broken—we need a new approach Strengthening leader identification and development is a priority for many organizations. While recent big layoff announcements and a cooling of the post-pandemic job market have quieted the “global talent...
by Art Petty | Oct 5, 2023 | Art of Managing, Decision-Making, Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change, Self-Development, Think Differently
One of my pleasures as an executive and emerging leader coach comes from the time spent in session with the cohort groups in my various programs. We wrapped our September/October Manager Development Program group yesterday (Our last cohort of 2023 kicks off on 10/25 ...
