by Art Petty | Jun 4, 2023 | Career, Career Reinvention, Self-Development, Think Differently
Are You Stuck in a Negative Loop About Making a Career Change? 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...
by Art Petty | May 17, 2023 | Art of Managing, Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Think Differently
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...
by Art Petty | Apr 17, 2023 | Career, Career Reinvention, Leadership, Self-Development, Think Differently
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...
by Art Petty | Mar 20, 2023 | Art of Managing, Decision-Making, Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leadership Power-Ups, Leading Change, Strategy, Think Differently
The Situation: The candidates were very different. One was the textbook choice—great pedigree, including top schools and a nice progression of assignments for name-brand firms. The other individual didn’t match up well on paper. The assignments for the other candidate...
by Art Petty | Jan 20, 2023 | Art of Managing, Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Management Innovation, Think Differently
Rethinking the Operating System Needed for Manager Success Late last year, I shared an article at SmartBrief on Leadership, introducing the idea of the Manager’s Operating System—a set of core programs or instructions that must be present to create a healthy...
by Art Petty | Jan 15, 2023 | Art of Managing, High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Management Innovation, Product Management, Think Differently
The search for the return on investment from professional development activities has been a long, unresolved quest for many HR and Learning and Development professionals. It turns out, we’re looking at it all wrong. The real challenge is for an...
