by Art Petty | Jul 10, 2023 | Art of Managing, Decision-Making, Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Think Differently
Leadership Indecency is an admittedly awkward, uncommon phrase. I like it. It’s the perfect phrase to describe the many amoral examples and practices of leadership we encounter in our organizations and institutions. Sadly, these practices are curable if WE stop...
by Art Petty | Jun 25, 2023 | Art of Managing, Just One Thing, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change, Self-Development, Think Differently
Sorry, S.M.A.R.T. Goals, But Your Day is Over OK, a confession: I wanted to title this article something like “Why Your S.M.A.R.T. Goals are Dumb, but my topic is a bit more expansive than just my disdain for that all-too-present and limiting corporate approach...
by Art Petty | Jun 13, 2023 | Art of Managing, Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Self-Development
Developing as a manager is a perpetual exercise in leveling up. Just when you think you’ve developed some competence at the role and are asked to take on more responsibilities, WHAM, you hit the wall of new, ambiguous challenges. In my work as an executive and...
by Art Petty | Jun 6, 2023 | Art of Managing, Career, Career Reinvention, Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change, Management Innovation, Self-Development
My friend Wally Bock publishes a reminder every year for us to make our summer reading lists. That’s my cue to build and share mine. I suspect a few of these professional development reads might trickle over onto my into my fall reading; however, it’s good...
by Art Petty | May 17, 2023 | Art of Managing, Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Think Differently
As Layoffs Climb and AI Emerges, the Predictions are Flowing Like clockwork, bad news in the economy coupled with some scary new technology brings out the pundits offering exaggerated predictions for something or another. This time, the mass layoffs in techdom and a...
by Art Petty | May 15, 2023 | Art of Managing, Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change, Self-Development, The Leadership Opportunity
Is Feedback Transactional or Transformational in Your Environment? When I ask managers about the feedback environment on their teams, I get a lot of questions, starting with, “What do you mean?” While many managers work hard to construct and deliver timely...
