by Art Petty | Dec 17, 2019 | Art of Managing, Decision-Making, Leadership, Leadership and Management Book Talk Podcast, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change, Management Innovation, Strategy, Think Differently
If this is your first time checking out the Leadership and Management Book podcast, you’ll tune-in quickly to the fact that Wally Bock and I are both passionate about books and we have a great deal of fun on these shows! We hope the fun and the insights come...
by Art Petty | Dec 16, 2019 | Art of Managing, Career, Challenging Conversations, Decision-Making, Emerging Leaders, High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leadership Power-Ups, Leading Change, Strategy, Think Differently
Level-Up Your Skills in the Experienced Manager Program What are you doing to sharpen your managerial skills in 2020? I’m offering a one-of-a-kind professional development experience for managers seeking to strengthen personal and group performance, starting in...
by Art Petty | Nov 21, 2019 | Art of Managing, Career, Decision-Making, Emerging Leaders, High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change, Management Innovation, Strategy, Think Differently
When was the last time you read a book or attended a training session on Situation Awareness (SA)? Unless you work around the military, aviation, or in crisis management situations, chances are the answer is never. That’s a mistake. Increasingly, I see what I...
by Art Petty | Oct 31, 2019 | Art of Managing, Career, Decision-Making, Leadership
Pressure-to-Produce Distorts the Decision-Process At some point, the Boeing 737 Max situation will be taught in b-schools as a case on ethics, decision-making, and leadership. For now, the situation is playing out via congressional testimony and the news media. On the...
by Art Petty | Oct 7, 2019 | Art of Managing, Decision-Making, Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Think Differently
In his book, Call Sign Chaos, former General Jim Mattis offers: “There’s a profound difference between a mistake and a lack of discipline. Mistakes are made when you’re trying to carry out commander’s intent, and you screw up in the pressure of...
by Art Petty | Sep 24, 2019 | Career, Decision-Making, Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change, Think Differently
“Seriously, do you have to be a jerk to get ahead in this organization?” The “jerk” question comes up fairly frequently in my travels coaching emerging leaders. Unfortunately, my inability to utter “Absolutely not!” surprises and...