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Tripping Points and the Leader

Firms and teams run into natural Tripping Points in the form of infrastructure and know-how as they work to grow a firm from start-up to $10 million or from $10 million to $25 million and so on. Often, the only viable solution to get beyond a Tripping Point is to retool the management team with people that have experience creating the infrastructure and programs/teams/processes needed to reach the next few levels. I can easily apply Tripping Point thinking to the challenges that we as professionals face in advancing our careers and in particular, in developing as leaders. Awareness of your prospective Tripping Points is an important first step in creating your personal and professional development plan.

By Art Petty|2024-08-08T13:38:44-05:00June 18th, 2010|1,770 Legacy Leadership Caffeine and Management Articles|0 Comments

Summer Shorts for June 18 from Management Excellence

Resources, great reads and sound bites for your summer weekends. Blink and the week is gone. I’m still not clear how Friday happened so quickly again, but here we are, and here I am with a few suggestions for your weekend professional development time.

By Art Petty|2024-08-08T13:38:45-05:00June 18th, 2010|1,770 Legacy Leadership Caffeine and Management Articles|0 Comments

4 Ideas for Avoiding Groupthink on Your Team

Groupthink is one of the most common and nefarious decision-making traps of otherwise well-intentioned teams. Don't fool yourself. This trap is easy to fall into and difficult to extract yourself from once you're caught. Learn the signs and take quick action to save the day and the decision!

By Art Petty|2024-08-08T13:38:46-05:00June 17th, 2010|1,770 Legacy Leadership Caffeine and Management Articles|2 Comments

It’s Time to Confront Your Fear of Public Speaking

There are few skills that will take you further and help you more than developing your speaking skills. Your writing skills are a close second. It's time to confront your fear of speaking and make this critical skill a valuable part of who you are as a professional.

By Art Petty|2024-08-08T13:38:47-05:00June 16th, 2010|1,770 Legacy Leadership Caffeine and Management Articles|0 Comments

What If? Why Not? And Other Incredible Business Adventures

While we celebrate companies that pursue and succeed in radically changing the rules of the game, let’s face it, most organizations run on inertia. For every company that redefines their little part of the world and changes our culture just a bit, there are plenty of firms that run on autopilot until the fuel runs out and the plane needs to be ditched in the ocean. The forces of globalization and digitization create storms and headwinds for some that are just too strong to overcome.

By Art Petty|2024-08-08T13:38:48-05:00June 16th, 2010|1,770 Legacy Leadership Caffeine and Management Articles|4 Comments

5 Actions to Improve Leadership Development in Your Firm

When it comes to leadership development, sweeping corporate mandates and expensive training initiatives are rarely as effective as consistent blocking and tackling. Your own practices are capable of creating a new and next generation of professionals that carry the right approaches and ultimately innovate and improve upon your achievements.

By Art Petty|2024-08-08T13:38:49-05:00June 15th, 2010|1,770 Legacy Leadership Caffeine and Management Articles|0 Comments

Leaders Teach

I’ve long believed that the best leaders are teachers. Not lecturers, but teachers. As teachers, they challenge us to think, to explore, to experiment, to learn and to keep trying.

By Art Petty|2024-08-08T13:38:50-05:00June 14th, 2010|1,770 Legacy Leadership Caffeine and Management Articles|2 Comments

Leadership Caffeine™-Effective Leaders Learn to Pivot

Like the brother-in-law that you dodge at family gatherings to avoid his pitch on the latest “can’t fail, get rich quick” business scheme, some people are involved in a constant game of that childhood classic, Chutes and Ladders. Catch one ladder and you skip over the rest of us as we wind our way along on journeys of unknown destination and duration. Occasionally, these short-cut seekers find their way into positions of business and leadership responsibility, and the results range from a preoccupation with the near-term to overt decisions to cut corners in an attempt to move faster. However, the effective leader recognizes that there are no true short-cuts.

By Art Petty|2024-08-08T13:38:51-05:00June 14th, 2010|1,770 Legacy Leadership Caffeine and Management Articles|1 Comment

The Words and Decisions of Questionable Leaders

The Words and Decisions of Questionable Leaders-recognize that you are measured by the impact of your decisions in the long-term and you are judged by your choice of words every time you open your mouth.

By Art Petty|2024-08-08T13:38:52-05:00June 11th, 2010|1,770 Legacy Leadership Caffeine and Management Articles|0 Comments

Friday Shorts from Management Excellence

Resources, great reads and sound bites for your summer weekends. This post features a great article on decision-making from Harvard Business Review, a link to a post on "What Twitter Can Teach Leaders About Effective Communication," and links to the Leadership Tip(s) of the Day at Building Better Leaders. Enjoy your weekend!

By Art Petty|2024-08-08T13:38:53-05:00June 11th, 2010|1,770 Legacy Leadership Caffeine and Management Articles|2 Comments