by Art Petty | Dec 29, 2025 | Strategy
One of the hit topics, according to the students in my recent capstone on strategy, was a comment from a guest speaker suggesting strategy isn’t reserved for those at the top of the organization chart. As mid-level managers and contributors, you can think...
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 | Jan 8, 2024 | Art of Managing, Career, Challenging Conversations, Decision-Making, Emerging Leaders, Influence, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change, Management Innovation, Self-Development, Strategy, Think Differently
Striving to Level Up? Focus on “The Big Five” While today’s career world for many is about something other than “The Climb,” my coaching ranks and workshop programs are filled with individuals striving to scale their impact and, for many,...
by Art Petty | Aug 20, 2023 | Art of Managing, Challenging Conversations, Decision-Making, High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change, Strategy
Strategy Process Dysfunction and Malfunction—Take Heed I’ve been exposed to strategy from my first days in product management to my work as a senior executive and now as a strategy advisor/facilitator. I’ve worked with every framework, most major (and quite a few...
by Art Petty | Jul 21, 2023 | Art of Managing, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change, Strategy, The Leadership Opportunity, Think Differently
It’s the perfect time in our world to vanquish the long-perpetuated and unproductive myth that leaders are somehow meaningfully different from managers. This distinction—perpetuated mainly by consultants and academics puts the practice of leadership on a...
by Art Petty | Apr 20, 2023 | Art of Managing, Challenging Conversations, Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Strategy
Do These Describe Your Environment? In my programs, consulting work, and coaching, I regularly encounter these situations: Managers struggling with an employee’s performance, yet they’ve provided little to no feedback, or their feedback was watered down to...
