by Art Petty | Jan 21, 2018 | Art of Managing, Just One Thing, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
Liberating is an odd word to associate with the idea of accountability in the workplace. At least it is until you’ve worked in an environment where accountability is enforced like patronage jobs in Chicago are dispensed—unfairly, unevenly, and directly related to the...
by Art Petty | Jan 10, 2018 | Art of Managing, Career
Anyone who has ever worked for a dictator-manager has a few scars to show for the experience. And no, I’m not talking about that class of abusers and harassers gaining their just dues in the global media these days. If you work for one of those characters, take action...
by Art Petty | Dec 6, 2017 | Art of Managing, Career, Just One Thing, Leadership
I listen to managers for a living. Some are experienced managers—executives responsible for guiding large groups or the entire organization. Others are a bit less seasoned, including wide-eyed first-time managers excited to change the world but still uncertain how to...
by Art Petty | Oct 13, 2017 | Art of Managing, Just One Thing, Leadership, Product Management, Project Management
“We’ll get this done. I’ll put a team on it.” In truth, there are far fewer teams in the workplace than the use of the term might have you believe. Mostly, we have groups. Or, we have collections of individuals driven by their calendars to show up at an appointed time...
by Art Petty | Oct 8, 2017 | Art of Managing, Career, Decision-Making, High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Leading Change, Strategy
I have an allergic reaction to the gravitational pull of the status quo when it masquerades as conventional wisdom. Too often, leaders and managers reduce complex and emerging situations to an algorithm developed for another time and set of variables. It’s a...
by Art Petty | Sep 8, 2017 | Art of Managing, Career, First Time Manager Series
I still recall my not so glorious introduction to managing. If it weren’t for a great mentor, I might have found myself on the wrong end of an insurrection from my group members. It turns out, this work of managing is a lot more challenging than most of us anticipate....
