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Introducing The Experts Channel Video Interviews from Art Petty

Introducing The Experts Channel Video Interviews from Art Petty

Sep 10, 2023

I’m over-the-top excited to share my new Experts Channel (via YouTube), focusing on sharing the insights, research, and wisdom of the individuals studying and achieving individual, team, and organizational high performance! My goal in this series is to bring people to our community who can help us all think, think differently, and challenge us to strive for success in our careers and for our organizations. Our first three interview guests do all of that and more!

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Breaking Out of a Personal Creativity Slump—Restarting Your Idea Machine

Breaking Out of a Personal Creativity Slump—Restarting Your Idea Machine

Jul 25, 2023

Like many of you, ideas are my stock in trade. Whether writing the next article, designing a new workshop or course, providing strategy advisory services for a client, or supporting my coaching clients, I have to operate with a well-oiled idea machine. When the idea machine grinds to a halt, I’m in trouble and need to find a fun, engaging, practical approach to restarting it. Here are 14 hacks I use to restart mine:

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Are You in Trouble if the Boss Offers a Coach?

Are You in Trouble if the Boss Offers a Coach?

Jul 17, 2023

In some organizations, “being assigned a coach” has a negative connotation. That’s too bad. If you are on the receiving end of an offer from your boss to take on a coach, strive to understand the rationale and then embrace the opportunity for the learning and growth experience it offers you.

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It’s Time to Get Rid of S.M.A.R.T. Goals. Here’s Why & How

It’s Time to Get Rid of S.M.A.R.T. Goals. Here’s Why & How

Jun 25, 2023

Goals are critically important in our personal and professional growth. They push us to learn, grow, and strive. We change our lives by aspiring for big goals. We motivate ourselves and our team members with properly developed, challenging goals. And we change the vector and fate of organizations through the proper use of goals. The operative phrase is “the proper use of goals.”

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How to Get Unstuck with Your Career Pivot

How to Get Unstuck with Your Career Pivot

Jun 4, 2023

I talk with many good people motivated to change their career vectors but unsure of what to do or even how to get started. As a result, they do nothing. They’re stuck. Maybe you’re stuck as well. Here are some tips to help you get beyond this uncomfortable state and into action:

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The Death of The Manager Role: What’s Really Needed

The Death of The Manager Role: What’s Really Needed

May 17, 2023

As Layoffs Climb and AI Emerges, the Predictions are Flowing Like clockwork, bad news in the economy coupled with some scary new technology brings out the pundits offering exaggerated predictions for something or another. This time, the mass layoffs in techdom and a...

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Ten Questions to Support Continuous Career Growth

Ten Questions to Support Continuous Career Growth

Apr 17, 2023

During our recent Leadership Caffeine Jam Session (recording and session materials/#18), I shared the ten questions I ask myself (and answer) about my career at least twice yearly. The late, great management thinker Peter Drucker suggested five questions; the other five are my add-ons.

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