by Art Petty | Jun 15, 2010 | Leadership, Uncategorized
When it comes to leadership development, sweeping corporate mandates and expensive training initiatives are rarely as effective as consistent blocking and tackling. Your own practices are capable of creating a new and next generation of professionals that carry the...
by Art Petty | Jun 14, 2010 | Uncategorized
I’ve long believed that the best leaders are teachers. Not lecturers, but teachers. As teachers, they challenge us to think, to explore, to experiment, to learn and to keep trying. Good leaders encourage us to find joy and energy in the journey of discovery and they...
by Art Petty | Jun 10, 2010 | Uncategorized
Tom Peters, in his excellent and inspirational collection of little things that have a big impact (The Little Big Things-163 Ways to Pursue Excellence), reminds us how important our internal customers are to our success. We focus on external customers for all of the...
by Art Petty | Jun 7, 2010 | Uncategorized
The best leaders that I know are also the best talent scouts. They are acute observers of people and extraordinarily quick to identify individuals with potential. Great Talent Scouts Look For: 1. Character: Top scouts recognize that they can teach and help hone...
by Art Petty | Jun 4, 2010 | Uncategorized
1. Motivated, conscientious team members and employees thrive on well-delivered constructive and positive feedback. 2. Too many managers or supervisors fear delivering constructive feedback. The fear is irrational. It tends to be focused on concerns over reactions...
by Art Petty | Jun 3, 2010 | Challenging Conversations, Uncategorized
3 Tips for Curing Watchmaker Syndrome Just about everyone knows someone that never got the memo on how to get to the point in conversations. I warmly reference these people in my mind as Watchmakers. Instead of giving you the time of day when you ask for it, they...
