by Art Petty | Mar 5, 2024 | Art of Managing, Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
Bottom Line Up Front: Not every day in your life as a leader is a party complete with cake and ice cream. When you encounter one of those days where everything seems to be working against you, it’s time to force a smile and keep marching. By the way, your team...
by Art Petty | Feb 26, 2024 | Art of Managing, Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, Leadership Caffeine
Bottom Line Up Front (BLUF) It’s your job as a manager to build a healthy culture for your team. Part of this culture includes the universal recognition of the need to receive and give feedback in all three directions (up, down, and sideways). Effective managers...
by Art Petty | Feb 21, 2024 | Art of Managing, Challenging Conversations, Decision-Making, Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leadership Power-Ups, Management Innovation, Self-Development, Strategy, The Leadership Opportunity
Yesterday’s announcement from Wally Bock that he will no longer add content to his fabulous and long running Three Star Leadership blog was sad for me. Yeah, I’m selfish about people I admire and call friends. I want the ideas and exchanges to flow...
by Art Petty | Feb 18, 2024 | Art of Managing, Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, Leadership Caffeine, The Leadership Opportunity, Think Differently
I’m opinionated on the challenges (and solutions) for new manager development. Here’s why: Why I Care About New Manager Development so Passionately I know the potential of these individuals. As a corporate manager and then executive, I dedicated time and...
by Art Petty | Dec 14, 2023 | Career, Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series
Be Very Suspicious of One-and-Done Training for Professional Development The reflex action in most organizations for professionals is training. “Let’s send Lucero and Erik to New Manager Training at (name your training organization).” In and of...
by Art Petty | Nov 27, 2023 | Art of Managing, Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, Leadership, Think Differently
New manager development is hard work. The benefits to organizations that get it right include strengthened performance, improved engagement and retention, meaningful collaboration, and increased innovation. Oh, and the strengthened leadership pipeline is alright, too....