by Art Petty | Oct 5, 2018 | Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, Leadership
A Career-Long Mission to Help New Managers Succeed I’m on record fairly frequently and aggressively advocating for the careful, deliberate, sustained development of our first-time or new managers. (Check out the many, many articles in my First-Time Manager category.)...
by Art Petty | Sep 30, 2018 | Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, Leadership
“Among outstanding leaders, however, selflessness and humility are internalized and part of their character; they are characteristics, not techniques. Such characteristics are not merely things a leader should do. They represent instead what a leader must be.” -Thomas...
by Art Petty | Sep 27, 2018 | Career, Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, Leadership
Imagine what would happen if you decided to build a structure—say a new home—without considering the need for a foundation. With a bit of good luck and favorable weather, you might finish your construction and stand back happily admiring your creation. However, this...
by Art Petty | Sep 23, 2018 | Career, First Time Manager Series, Leadership
Awkward is the best term I can think of to describe the initial few weeks and months for a first-time manager. Disorienting is a close second with exciting and productive bringing up the rear in this race. The goal is to turn this order around, and end the...
by Art Petty | Sep 20, 2018 | Career, First Time Manager Series
There are Challenges—But Managing Can Be a Great Job and Career! This article is all about balancing the scale a bit for those aspiring to management or early in their careers as first-time managers. You see, in spite of my ample warnings on the difficulties of this...
by Art Petty | Sep 17, 2018 | Art of Managing, Career, Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, Leadership
During college, I worked a variety of manual labor jobs inside factories to earn much-needed money for the upcoming school year. For one of the more physically demanding jobs, the foreman could regularly be heard shouting at the workers “Put your back into...
