by Art Petty | Jun 27, 2021 | Art of Managing, Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leadership Power-Ups, Self-Development, Think Differently
Developing as a leader doesn’t follow a straight line. It’s different for every individual. Focus on getting better at this job daily. Here are five ideas to help you jump-start this good work. 1. Get In the Game Time, place, and circumstances play a big part in...
by Art Petty | Jun 21, 2021 | Art of Managing, Career, Decision-Making, Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, Leadership, Self-Development
During the past few weeks, I ran three different cohort sections of my live-online Manager Development Program. While initially geared toward new(er) managers, we had many veterans in the groups, all working on sharpening their skills around the fundamentals of...
by Art Petty | May 20, 2021 | Art of Managing, Challenging Conversations, Emerging Leaders, High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Leadership Power-Ups, Self-Development, The Leadership Opportunity
OK, the topic of feedback isn’t stand-up comedy funny. It’s funny as in odd because there are so many contradictions surrounding it. What the Experts Say About Feedback Run a search on “Feedback” at Harvard Business Review (subscription), and...
by Art Petty | May 16, 2021 | Art of Managing, Emerging Leaders, High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Self-Development, Strategy, The Leadership Opportunity
You can’t lead effectively without transparency. You can’t lead at all without accountability. Can Your Team Members Answer These Eight Questions Confidently? What do you stand for? What do we stand for? Where are we? Where are we going? How will we get...
by Art Petty | May 13, 2021 | Career, Career Reinvention, Self-Development
Four Absolutes for Every Career Reinvention Project There are at least four absolutes when undertaking a significant career change. These include: 1. Getting started is the hardest part. Many people think about doing something different with their time and skills....
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...
