1,770 Legacy Leadership Caffeine and Management Articles Archives

It’s Time to Start Teaching Your Teams to Succeed

If you’ve ever been part of a truly effective team…a high performance team, you know the experience is memorable. For those who’ve lived and thrived on a high-performance team, the memory of what it was like to work with a motivated, caring, challenging (but respectful), accomplishment-focused group of individuals provides sustenance for the lonely, near-death experiences that characterize so many other team and project experiences in the workplace.

By Art Petty|2024-08-08T13:34:36-05:00May 18th, 2011|1,770 Legacy Leadership Caffeine and Management Articles|5 Comments

Leadership Caffeine™-Quit Sending Mixed Signals

How consistent are you in your approaches to dealing with people and problems? Is there an early warning system in place in your office that tracks your every move from the car through the parking lot and into the office? How you respond to people and to situations (victories, losses, mistakes etc.) goes a long way to forming the working environment on your team.

By Art Petty|2024-08-08T13:34:37-05:00May 16th, 2011|1,770 Legacy Leadership Caffeine and Management Articles|5 Comments

The Millennial View: Fixing Our Shortcomings

Eric Rodriguez is the voice of The Millennial View here at Management Excellence. His periodic posts offer insights from early career professionals seeking to navigate their way through this challenging world. Today's post encourages all of us, regardless of generation, to renew our commitment to overcoming the weaknesses that keep us from reaching our personal and professional goals.

By Eric Rodriguez|2024-08-08T13:34:38-05:00May 13th, 2011|1,770 Legacy Leadership Caffeine and Management Articles|0 Comments

Management Excellence Book Series Podcast-Full Steam Ahead

I had the pleasure to connect on the phone with Jesse Lyn Stoner, co-author with Ken Blanchard of Full Steam Ahead-Unleash the Power of Vision in Your Work and Your Life (second edition), and this podcast is the output. I like the book a great deal...and as I indicate in my intro comments, I tend to approach books on Vision with a bit of trepidation.

By Art Petty|2024-08-08T13:34:39-05:00May 12th, 2011|1,770 Legacy Leadership Caffeine and Management Articles|0 Comments

Frontline Leaders Help Our Firms Go and Grow

Great frontline leaders create great experiences for their employees. This flows immediately and directly to customers. And then it flows to the top and bottom lines.

By Art Petty|2024-08-08T13:34:40-05:00May 11th, 2011|1,770 Legacy Leadership Caffeine and Management Articles|7 Comments

Leadership Caffeine™: Six Low-Cost Ideas to Stimulate Global Awareness

I continue my own I-Biz studies outside of the classroom as I pursue my avocation as a Management and Leadership Anthropologist. In this case, my focus is on understanding how well prepared firms and managers are to enter and compete successfully on a global stage. My quick-take: for a good number, it’s important to focus on the basics. (Translation: there’s a lot of learning required to reach a reasonable level of knowledge.) While most of us have mastered the art and science of consuming products from around the globe, many firms and managers are well served to work on some fundamentals.Here are six low-cost ideas to help stimulate global discussion and understanding in your firm:

By Art Petty|2024-08-08T13:34:42-05:00May 9th, 2011|1,770 Legacy Leadership Caffeine and Management Articles|2 Comments

The Meeting to Decide Whether to Outsource the Call Center

Note from Art: this is a rave. I was on the receiving end of one too many miserable support experiences recently, and this is my, “I’m Madder than Hell…” response. To the Executives and CEOs who believe it is a good idea to make your customer's lives miserable, get a clue.

By Art Petty|2024-08-08T13:34:43-05:00May 4th, 2011|1,770 Legacy Leadership Caffeine and Management Articles|7 Comments

Leadership Caffeine™: In the Face of Strong Headwinds, Learn to Tack

We face dozens of moments every day where instinct tells us to turn straight into the wind and apply brute force to solve problems, resolve squabbles and keep people moving. Sometimes, our instinct is wrong. Instead of offering a quick solution or mandating an end to squabbling, effective leaders adjust their course by learning to tack. Here are 5 ideas to help you learn this valuable skill when facing significant headwinds in the workplace...

By Art Petty|2024-08-08T13:34:44-05:00May 2nd, 2011|1,770 Legacy Leadership Caffeine and Management Articles|2 Comments

Trust, Performance and Your Success

Much of who we are and what we do in our professional lives is built on an unforgiving foundation of trust. Trust is hard earned and those bestowing trust do so slowly, carefully and tentatively, all the while testing for reasons to pull back and guard this precious personal asset. True trust is rare in the workplace. It’s also critical for high performance.

By Art Petty|2024-08-08T13:34:45-05:00April 28th, 2011|1,770 Legacy Leadership Caffeine and Management Articles|12 Comments

The Millennial View: Why Job Hunting is Like Dating

Job searching is like dating and I can relate to these feelings because for the past couple of months I have been trying to transition into a new career. It hasn’t been easy and sometimes it feels like I stand a better chance of scoring a date with Katy Perry than I would to land a new job - ok I’m exaggerating. Here are four thoughts on why job searching is similar to dating:

By Eric Rodriguez|2024-08-08T13:34:46-05:00April 27th, 2011|1,770 Legacy Leadership Caffeine and Management Articles|6 Comments