by Art Petty | May 8, 2017 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Strategy
Imagine this day: Your interactions with employees and peers are all positive. Your team’s latest results are solid. The performance indicators are all pointing in the right direction, foreshadowing more great results in the near-term. Heck, you even talked with a...
by Art Petty | May 4, 2017 | Just One Thing, Leadership
Can we create a working leadership algorithm? Yes. Probably. Maybe not. I hope not. Discuss. For the moment, the end of leadership by humans sounds like some form of dystopian science-fiction plot complete with profound existential implications for the race. Emphasis...
by Art Petty | Apr 30, 2017 | High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
We all know the short-list of things we need to do to build an effective team at work: Create a common purpose Ensure clarity of roles Provide clear, supportive leadership. Promote accountability. Support learning. Provide coaching. I like those as general rules. Like...
by Art Petty | Apr 28, 2017 | Career, Leadership
I attended a conference of uber-successful solo consultants and coaches this past week. It turns out, uber-successful people are some of the hardest-working individuals in the world on one core thing: themselves. They understand that they have to be at their best to...
by Art Petty | Apr 17, 2017 | High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
I’ve worked for, with, and around extraordinary and mundane leaders. Most are mundane. There are worse things to be than mundane. Mundane leaders are boring, but not immediately toxic. Characteristics of Mundane Leaders: They fail to recognize the power they have to...
by Art Petty | Apr 11, 2017 | Art of Managing, Career, First Time Manager Series, Leadership
Some jobs are harder than others. Navigating the waters of your first-time manager position ranks high on the list. The initial few weeks (years) are what I term the early-awkward phase. Mastery isn’t an issue. Survival is. Mastery comes next decade. Maybe. Most...
