by Art Petty | Sep 19, 2017 | First Time Manager Series, Leadership, Uncategorized
Last call for my latest edition of my online professional development series, Succeeding as a First-Time Manager. I love delivering this series of content rich, action-focused webinars. It’s filled with hard-won, real world ideas designed to help you gain a...
by Art Petty | Sep 11, 2017 | Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, Leadership
The rude awakening for many first-time managers is the reality that they are now actually responsible for the outcomes of others. It’s a far cry from the life of an individual contributor when the only difficult person you had to deal with was staring back at you in...
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....
by Art Petty | Aug 28, 2017 | First Time Manager Series, Leadership
My own challenging first-time management experience aside, I’ve worked with hundreds of first-time managers in a variety of programs, and there’s just no way to sugarcoat reality for this job. Surviving the early phase is a bit like what it must feel like to scale...
by Art Petty | Aug 4, 2017 | First Time Manager Series, Just One Thing, Leadership
As a first-time manager, you have a unique opportunity to develop, display, and propagate effective meeting habits with your team. Seize the opportunity and get this right from the start. Not only will your team members appreciate your efforts, but with a bit of good...
by Art Petty | Jun 27, 2017 | First Time Manager Series
While your promotion to manager places some distance between you and your former team members, it opens up an entirely new and potentially valuable network of peers in other front-line management roles. One of your early tasks as a manager is to begin cultivating...
