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Leadership Caffeine™ for the Project Manager eBook Now Available!

Leadership Caffeine™ for the Project Manager eBook Now Available!

Oct 6, 2016

I am excited to announce the launch of my latest book: Leadership Caffeine for the Project Manager (and anyone responsible for leading teams, groups or committees). This e-book only offering is available at Amazon, Apple and Barnes and Noble or at my site. And every purchaser is entitled to a free download copy of my supporting workbook: Power Tools for Project Managers. Use the ideas and approaches in great project, career and team development health!

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10 Do’s and Don’ts for the Executive Sponsor

10 Do’s and Don’ts for the Executive Sponsor

Sep 29, 2016

I fumbled through my first go-round as executive sponsor on a project team. Fortunately, a great project manager compensated for my poor performance. Fortunately, some follow-on experiences challenged me to take the role seriously. It turns out, the executive sponsor role is incredibly important to strategic project success. This article shares 10 Do’s and Don’ts for anyone stepping into the position.

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New Website Launched—New Project Leadership Book Soon!

New Website Launched—New Project Leadership Book Soon!

Sep 28, 2016

A number of long-term projects are coming to market in my world, including an all new ground-up website and the forthcoming book and related tools: Leadership Caffeine for the Project Manager. Of course, none of this is possible without the input of clients and readers and the great support from some valued allies!

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Leadership Caffeine Anniversary, Special Offers and a Coming Attraction

Leadership Caffeine Anniversary, Special Offers and a Coming Attraction

Aug 24, 2016

I continue to be both amazed and humbled at the reception to my book, Leadership Caffeine: Ideas to Energize Your Professional Development. In celebration of the sixth year since publication, I am sharing one secret on where the book idea came from and showing my thanks for your support with 3 very special offers for free books to the first to respond.

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Leadership Caffeine™—The Book and Coming Attractions!

Jun 6, 2016

As we approach another anniversary of the publication of my book, Leadership Caffeine: Ideas to Energize Your Professional Development, I am pleased to share some updates and coming attractions as the Leadership Caffeine family of offerings expands.

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Just One Thing—Hug a Project Manager

Jun 5, 2015

One of the core takeaways my MBA students express after investing 10 weeks immersed in the art and science of this discipline is new found appreciation for the role project managers play in our organizations.

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Art of Managing—Humility, Teamwork and Focus

Jun 3, 2015

(Note: this post by Art Petty originally appeared at the Management Excellence blog.) In a sea of books and articles published regularly on navigating complexity in our world today, few capture the solution as succinctly as the three words: humility, teamwork and focus. One defines the attitude required for success from the top to the bottom; one defines the essential obligation of each and every individual engaged in any initiative and the other describes the need for context or common purpose. Misfire on one or more of these and the results range from poor to disastrous.

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Leadership Caffeine™—Ask, “How Can I Help?”

Jun 1, 2015

One of the more powerful leadership learning moments in my career occurred when I was part of project team that was struggling to find traction around an important and complicated strategic initiative… . (note: this post by Art Petty originally appeared at The Management Excellence blog.)

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Leading the Project? Define Your Charter to Support High Performance

Mar 27, 2015

It’s hard to argue with either of these statements, nonetheless, too many project managers deeply skilled in the mechanics of their vocation fall short on learning and practicing the soft-skills critical for high performance team development. When project fail…and too many do, there’s a safe bet that people-related issues are key contributors to the initiative’s demise. Great project managers define their role beyond the project mechanics liberally. Here are 7 steps to help you define and begin using your own Project Leader’s Charter in pursuit of high performance:

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