by Art Petty | Aug 27, 2018 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change, Management Innovation, Project Management, Strategy
I like curious leaders and managers, and I love curious employees. There’s something invigorating about working with individuals curious about what makes things work or why things are done the way they are. And there’s something exhilarating in bringing a program or...
by Art Petty | Aug 21, 2018 | Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
As career steps go, shifting from individual contributor to manager is right up there near the top for difficulty level. If you navigated this transition at some point and sustained your career as a manager, you have scars or at least cringe-worthy stories of your...
by Art Petty | Aug 19, 2018 | Art of Managing, Challenging Conversations, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change
Good managers work hard at pushing fear out of the workplace. Yet, even in the healthiest of organizations, fear’s close cousin, anxiety, worms its way into our consciousness and governs how we process and react to the idea of change and each other. Skilled change...
by Art Petty | Aug 13, 2018 | Art of Managing, High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Leading Change, Management Innovation, Strategy
In a world where standing still is akin to moving backward at the speed of change, I often encounter management teams operating in a state of denial about the world unfolding in front of them. They get caught up in supporting dated strategies while preoccupying on the...
by Art Petty | Aug 8, 2018 | Career, Challenging Conversations, Leadership
The most important piece of advice I received in my career remains, “You’ll go as far as you can communicate.” Unfortunately, I didn’t fully appreciate the power of this guidance at the time. It took time and experience and more than a few missteps for me to...
by Art Petty | Aug 5, 2018 | Career, Challenging Conversations, Leadership, Leading Change, Strategy
Struggling to get on the same page with someone at work? Trying to survive a group discussion seemingly out of control as participants debate and argue but fail to move forward? Try changing the medium from words to pictures, and you might be pleasantly surprised at...
