by Art Petty | Mar 22, 2021 | Career, Challenging Conversations, Emerging Leaders, Influence, Leadership, Leading Change, Self-Development, Think Differently
Avoiding Your Firm’s Top Leaders Isn’t a Great Strategy A few years ago, I worked with an individual who was afraid to get caught in an elevator with an executive. His fear: “I have no idea what to say to them, and whatever comes out of my mouth...
by Art Petty | Mar 19, 2021 | Career, Challenging Conversations, Emerging Leaders, Just One Thing, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Self-Development
Note from Art: a version of this article appeared originally at SmartBrief on Leadership. — I’ve written several times about the idea of the inner game of leading. It’s where success in this challenging role is won or lost. From an article a few...
by Art Petty | Mar 16, 2021 | Career, Career Reinvention, Self-Development
In my work helping individuals uncover and move to their “next” in their careers, there’s one stage in the process that is both important and easy to rationalize away as unnecessary. This step—Self-Discovery—is the one where I encourage people to...
by Art Petty | Mar 15, 2021 | Art of Managing, Career, Decision-Making, Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine Podcast, Self-Development, Think Differently
We don’t spend much time in our careers or inside our organizations deliberately developing our decision-making skills. That’s too bad. Whether contributor or manager, we’re mainly in the decision-making business. Nothing happens without a decision. Nothing good...
by Art Petty | Mar 12, 2021 | Art of Managing, Challenging Conversations, First Time Manager Series, Leadership Caffeine, Self-Development, The Leadership Opportunity
Every few months, I run a three-hour boot camp on strengthening your skills as a receiver and a giver of feedback. (Check here for upcoming sessions of the Feedback Boot Camp.) While three-hours is a short amount of time to spend on a big topic, we focus on reviewing...
by Art Petty | Mar 7, 2021 | Art of Managing, Career, Challenging Conversations, Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, Influence, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Self-Development
There’s an uptick in the optimism I’m hearing from clients, and I’ve noticed increased energy in the dialog and exchanges in my professional development programs. People and firms are seeing a return to growth and, in some cases, a boom period in...
