by Art Petty | Apr 22, 2018 | Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Strategy
I want, you want, we all want leaders and managers who can think strategically, help others navigate complexity, create inclusivity, and genuinely provide an environment where individuals and teams are intrinsically motivated to excel. Add in the ability to assist...
by Art Petty | Apr 16, 2018 | Decision-Making, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leadership Power-Ups, Strategy
The Questions to Directives Ratio: How many open-ended, idea-chasing questions do you ask every day? Do you ask more questions than you issue directives or provide answers? Recently, I worked with a group of coaching clients to explore the important topic of curiosity...
by Art Petty | Apr 15, 2018 | High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Management Innovation, Strategy
You’ll rarely meet a CEO or top executive suggesting, “What we need to do is slow down.” This counter-intuitive guidance in a world seemingly spinning faster-and-faster flies in the face of conventional thinking and practice, yet in matters of strategy, slowing down...
by Art Petty | Apr 8, 2018 | Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
My favorite work involves sharing ideas with emerging leaders on the realities and challenges of leading in an environment of volatility and ambiguity. In a recent setting with a diverse group of early-career and first-time managers, we worked together to create a...
by Art Petty | Apr 1, 2018 | Art of Managing, Decision-Making, High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Management Innovation
It’s commonplace in business (and life) to face seemingly opposed, unsatisfactory choices. In many situations, the best answer is to do neither. Instead, effective leaders draw upon what Roger Martin in his classic book, The Opposable Mind, describes as integrative...
by Art Petty | Mar 18, 2018 | Art of Managing, First Time Manager Series, Leadership
There are certain cringe-promoting phrases in our organizational lives, and, “I’ve got an open door policy” just gives me the heebie-jeebies. While I suspect some manager somewhere means good by it, I’ve watched too many managers misuse, abuse, and outright lie about...
