by Art Petty | Feb 11, 2018 | Challenging Conversations, First Time Manager Series, Leadership
The most expensive, costly conversations in any workplace are the ones never spoken. These are the conversations about the significant issues blocking progress or, the behavioral issues detracting from high performance. The words left unsaid are genuinely the seeds of...
by Art Petty | Feb 7, 2018 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leadership Power-Ups
One of the bedrock principles of finding a great idea is first to generate a lot of ideas. This fun, fast-moving riff on great leadership was born from a client challenge in a live setting to generate as many ideas as possible in 45-minutes. Great fun, and we filled...
by Art Petty | Feb 4, 2018 | Challenging Conversations, Leadership
“When we are stressed, our brain downshifts.” Peter Senge As you climb the ladder in your career, you inevitably encounter situations where a colleague disagrees with your ideas or approaches. For high-stakes topics involving strategy and investments, you’re in...
by Art Petty | Jan 28, 2018 | High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
I tripped across a simple diagram depicting a continuous loop of learn, adapt, and influence, in a book on negotiation by Michael Wheeler of Harvard Business School. While his emphasis was on describing the continually shifting environment in any negotiation, this...
by Art Petty | Jan 21, 2018 | Art of Managing, Just One Thing, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
Liberating is an odd word to associate with the idea of accountability in the workplace. At least it is until you’ve worked in an environment where accountability is enforced like patronage jobs in Chicago are dispensed—unfairly, unevenly, and directly related to the...
by Art Petty | Jan 17, 2018 | Challenging Conversations, Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, Leadership
On the heels of my recent article, It’s Time to Learn to Love Challenging Conversations, I’m excited to offer a free webinar, “The Six Conversations You Must Master at Work to Succeed.” Webinar: 5 Big Things and 6 Bigger Conversations: The...
