by Art Petty | May 24, 2021 | Art of Managing, Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Think Differently
Are You Feeding the Machine or the Mission? Your real battle as a leader is the one for your focus. It’s a battle too many leaders lose for a lot of reasons. Sure, everyone has more to do in a day or week than they have time for on their calendars. Yet, the...
by Art Petty | May 10, 2021 | Art of Managing, Career, Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Management Innovation, The Leadership Opportunity, Think Differently
What Work Should Be Perseverance and Ingenuity—what great names! I’m speaking of the Mars Rover and the small helicopter that hitched a ride all the way to the red planet. After all, it took both perseverance and ingenuity from many over the more significant...
by Art Petty | Apr 29, 2021 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leadership Power-Ups, Leading Change, Management Innovation, Strategy, The Leadership Opportunity, Think Differently
I’ve been a part of an organization that pursued a moon-shot. For myself and the many people involved, it was some of our careers’ most challenging and best work. Like a championship from long ago, when the situation pops into my mind, I smile. It was good...
by Art Petty | Apr 13, 2021 | Art of Managing, Just One Thing, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change, Management Innovation, Strategy, Think Differently
I sure wish someone would manage me more,” said no one ever. People don’t want to be managed—they want to be supported, encouraged, challenged, exposed to new opportunities, and coached, but not managed. A Hangover from a Bygone Era The view on the role of Manager is...
by Art Petty | Apr 9, 2021 | Career, Career Reinvention, Self-Development, Think Differently
Your View of Self Might Be an Impediment to Your Career Makeover There’s a Rubik’s Cube puzzle to solve when considering your “next” options in your career. Solving this puzzle requires you to think differently about yourself—something that requires thoughtful...
by Art Petty | Mar 23, 2021 | Art of Managing, Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, Leadership, Self-Development, Think Differently
There’s a great deal we don’t get right in our organization when developing our first-time managers. We under-appreciate the complexity of the transition from contributor to manager. In many environments, “sink or swim” is still the predominant...
