by Art Petty | Jun 6, 2019 | Decision-Making, Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
I’ve always been attuned to and intrigued by the moments in history and in our organizations where fateful decisions hang in the balance promising to change everything. These are moments when the drama is so thick you can cut it with a knife. Everyone involved...
by Art Petty | Jun 3, 2019 | Challenging Conversations, Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
Seeing situations through the eyes of others may be the most crucial skill you’re not working very hard on in your professional or personal lives. It turns out when you do this—when you truly actually strive to understand how others view situations—the world...
by Art Petty | May 28, 2019 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leadership Power-Ups
Make Continuous Improvement Part of Your Approach I’m a big fan of baking in continuous improvement practices into my leadership and management approaches. From how I run meetings to how I engage with others in feedback discussions or support (or inhibit)...
by Art Petty | May 19, 2019 | Art of Managing, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, The Leadership Opportunity
Here’s a fact of life for most of us in our organizations—if we don’t create the right results, we don’t last in our management or leadership roles. Our systems are set up to focus on results as the ultimate arbiters of our success. That’s it....
by Art Petty | May 16, 2019 | Art of Managing, Decision-Making, Leadership, Leading Change, Management Innovation, Project Management, Strategy
Anyone who has invested time in renovating an older home understands surprises and conundrums emerge every time a wall or ceiling is breached. I resisted the irrational urge to take on a monumental task at our lake home as a do-it-yourselfer, and I breathe a sigh of...
by Art Petty | May 8, 2019 | Career, Just One Thing, Leadership, Leadership Power-Ups, The Leadership Opportunity
I’ve long suspected the entire leadership training industrial complex (OK, that’s a stretch label, but you get the point) would be rendered obsolete if someone would highlight the one big secret behavior hiding in plain sight and free for all of us to use....
