by Art Petty | Jan 31, 2016 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
It’s impossible to lead effectively if you don’t have an open line of communication with your team members. From ample experience gained through coaching executives and soon-to-be executives, I’ve learned that many leaders talk about their “open door policy” and...
by Art Petty | Jan 30, 2016 | Career, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
Farewell January! We Won’t Miss You For the first month of 2016, the weather and the stock market are setting the tone, with wildly varying conditions and tremendous swings in prices, temperatures and precipitation. At least some of that precipitation must have...
by Art Petty | Jan 23, 2016 | Career, Leadership, Product Management
As 2016 navigates its way through the first month, it’s proving to be cruel to rock and roll musicians and fans, stock market investors and as of this writing, anyone attempting air travel in the eastern portion of the U.S. For this week, my leadership and...
by Art Petty | Jan 19, 2016 | Career, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
This would be easy if it weren’t for the people. -from my first book with Rich Petro, Practical Lessons in Leadership. — From about the six-month mark out of college and for all but eighteen months of the next twenty-two years, I supervised, managed and...
by Art Petty | Jan 16, 2016 | Art of Managing, Leadership
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by Art Petty | Jan 10, 2016 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
Most senior leaders lack any form of an honest, effective and timely feedback loop, and when they succumb to the pressures of the role and begin to flail, things can go bad in a hurry. While I’m a huge fan of adapting the “Swim Buddy” technique used by Navy SEALS to...