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The Next Act—Pivot to Focus on Your Superpower

In the dozens of discussions I’ve held with 50-somethings on this Next Act career topic, I can literally count on one hand the number of individuals who expressed satisfaction with their work. It seems that after several decades of hard work, people are growing tired of the corporate grind. The most common answer to, "What's next?" has been, "retirement" and, "play more golf." If chasing a little white ball around a lawn doesn't do it for you, it's time to focus on making the pivot from where you are at to something that leverages your superpower.

By Art Petty|2024-08-08T13:22:00-05:00October 29th, 2015|1,770 Legacy Leadership Caffeine and Management Articles|2 Comments

How Small-Company CEOs Can Build Management Teams that Work

One of the worst uses of the term, “team,” is in relationship to the group of executives who report to the CEO. For many of the (less than $200 million in annual revenue) firms I work with, there’s little beyond the “report to” issue that binds these groups together as a team. This is often frustrating to CEOs who expect more from their highest paid lieutenants. Here are 3 areas where these groups can and must coalesce as a team:

By Art Petty|2024-08-08T13:22:01-05:00October 27th, 2015|1,770 Legacy Leadership Caffeine and Management Articles|2 Comments

Art of Managing—Bad Boss? Are You Sure it’s Not You?

Just about everyone I’ve encountered recently—or so it seems—has an ax or two to grind with their boss. Have you ever stopped to consider whether it's you and not your manager? Just in case it hasn't occurred to you, perhaps a bit of mirror gazing is in order. If you see yourself on this list of, "The Boss's Top Ten Challenging People," it might be time for you to make some adjustments. Of course, first, you have to see yourself.

By Art Petty|2024-08-08T13:22:02-05:00October 26th, 2015|1,770 Legacy Leadership Caffeine and Management Articles|2 Comments

Thoughts on Navigating a Career Setback

Just about everyone I know has experienced a career setback at some point in time. Here are 7 ideas to help you begin navigating beyond this unfortunate event:

By Art Petty|2024-08-08T13:22:03-05:00October 20th, 2015|1,770 Legacy Leadership Caffeine and Management Articles|0 Comments

Starting Strong as a New Manager—10 Reminders

Tuesday at the Management Excellence blog is for anyone getting started (or starting over) on their leadership journey. Here are 10 reminders for the new manager:

By Art Petty|2024-08-08T13:22:05-05:00October 13th, 2015|1,770 Legacy Leadership Caffeine and Management Articles|0 Comments

10 Ideas to Help Deal with the Abusive Boss

Health Warning: there’s no easy method for dealing with an abusive boss. Sometimes, the next exit ramp is the best approach. And sometimes circumstances require you to stay and attempt to cope. Here are 10 ideas to consider when striving to cope with an abusive boss:

By Art Petty|2024-08-08T13:23:12-05:00October 11th, 2015|1,770 Legacy Leadership Caffeine and Management Articles|1 Comment

There’s Greatness in this Younger Generation

In a recent program with experienced managers, the inevitable and mind numbing and stupid topic of how difficult it is to manage the younger workers surfaced and people jumped on this out-of-tune bandwagon like they were giving away free money. Perhaps it's not the youth of the group that need to change. Consider...

By Art Petty|2024-08-08T13:23:13-05:00October 7th, 2015|1,770 Legacy Leadership Caffeine and Management Articles|0 Comments

The Next Act—Answering The Wake-Up Call

For most of the later career re-inventors I’ve worked with, the wake-up call wasn’t so much a single trigger event as it was a confluence of several issues. It's a big decision to leave behind something you've been doing for decades. It may be the best decision for you, but a bit of planning goes a long way. Here are 9 suggestions for anyone considering answering the career-reinvention wake-up call:

By Art Petty|2024-08-08T13:23:14-05:00October 4th, 2015|1,770 Legacy Leadership Caffeine and Management Articles|0 Comments

Leadership Caffeine™—Role Models from Dangerous Situations

For all of us operating in the relative safety of corporate walls, there's more than a few powerful lessons on leading we can gain from those operating in harm's way. The first lesson is humility.

By Art Petty|2024-08-08T13:23:15-05:00September 29th, 2015|1,770 Legacy Leadership Caffeine and Management Articles|0 Comments

The Next Act—for Later Career Leaders

New and emerging leaders are our future. It’s essential to support their development as they take the reins in our challenging world. They are and will remain the focal point of my content here at Management Excellence. However, there’s an audience whose needs in my opinion are grossly under-served in the career and leadership blogging and writing ecosystem: the later-career (read: over-50) senior leaders and executives. With this post, I'm announcing a new blog feature focused on the needs of this experienced audience.

By Art Petty|2024-08-08T13:23:16-05:00September 21st, 2015|1,770 Legacy Leadership Caffeine and Management Articles|11 Comments