by Art Petty | May 10, 2021 | Art of Managing, Career, Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Management Innovation, The Leadership Opportunity, Think Differently
What Work Should Be Perseverance and Ingenuity—what great names! I’m speaking of the Mars Rover and the small helicopter that hitched a ride all the way to the red planet. After all, it took both perseverance and ingenuity from many over the more significant...
by Art Petty | May 6, 2021 | Art of Managing, Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, Leadership, Management Innovation, Self-Development
Managing is hard work for so many reasons. From the challenges of dealing with people and personalities to the never-ending, ever-growing lists of things to do, often with conflicting priorities, it’s a tough job. Yet, when I explore the stress points with struggling...
by Art Petty | Apr 29, 2021 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leadership Power-Ups, Leading Change, Management Innovation, Strategy, The Leadership Opportunity, Think Differently
I’ve been a part of an organization that pursued a moon-shot. For myself and the many people involved, it was some of our careers’ most challenging and best work. Like a championship from long ago, when the situation pops into my mind, I smile. It was good...
by Art Petty | Apr 13, 2021 | Art of Managing, Just One Thing, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change, Management Innovation, Strategy, Think Differently
I sure wish someone would manage me more,” said no one ever. People don’t want to be managed—they want to be supported, encouraged, challenged, exposed to new opportunities, and coached, but not managed. A Hangover from a Bygone Era The view on the role of Manager is...
by Art Petty | Nov 23, 2020 | Art of Managing, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change, Management Innovation, Strategy, The Leadership Opportunity, Think Differently
Note from Art: A version of this article appeared originally at SmartBrief on Leadership. — For hundreds of years, individuals known as alchemists searched in vain for the mythical Philosopher’s Stone, a substance that was imagined to have the properties...
by Art Petty | Jun 3, 2020 | Art of Managing, Decision-Making, Emerging Leaders, High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Leadership and Management Book Talk Podcast, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change, Management Innovation, Strategy
It’s nearly impossible to have grown up in the world of business and organizations over the past few decades and have missed author, researcher, and self-described “student and teacher of what makes great companies tick.” Collins has sold over 10...
