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6 Reasons Why We Should Apply Game Design Approaches to Designing Workplaces

By Art Petty|2024-08-08T13:21:48-05:00November 18th, 2015|1,770 Legacy Leadership Caffeine and Management Articles|

Imagine a world of work where your colleagues worked tirelessly to complete the hard work that keeps everything moving. They voluntarily stay late and even deprive themselves of sleep to ensure the work is done. Along the way, they collaborate at a moment’s notice to fend off enemies and slay the dragons that arise from unexpected locations, and they’re always working on their own skills development. Sound like fiction to you? Rather than fictional, perhaps it’s virtual—as in gaming. Yes, video gaming.

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Leadership Caffeine™—The Power of Simple Gestures

By Art Petty|2024-08-08T13:21:53-05:00November 8th, 2015|1,770 Legacy Leadership Caffeine and Management Articles|

There are literally dozens of opportunities every day for you to make a difference. From the fundamental act of paying focused attention to a coworker, to offering a personal morning greeting or engaging in the acts of management such as: providing encouragement or delivering respectful, constructive feedback, these simple gestures have a big impact on the people and environment.

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New Leader Tuesday—You’ve Got to Get Your Hands Dirty

By Art Petty|2024-08-08T13:21:57-05:00November 3rd, 2015|1,770 Legacy Leadership Caffeine and Management Articles|

The best leaders quickly learn that the difficult messy tasks are the difference-makers. They seek training and coaching and they practice these tasks over and over again in pursuit of competence.

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Art of Managing—Bad Boss? Are You Sure it’s Not You?

By Art Petty|2024-08-08T13:22:02-05:00October 26th, 2015|1,770 Legacy Leadership Caffeine and Management Articles|

Just about everyone I’ve encountered recently—or so it seems—has an ax or two to grind with their boss. Have you ever stopped to consider whether it's you and not your manager? Just in case it hasn't occurred to you, perhaps a bit of mirror gazing is in order. If you see yourself on this list of, "The Boss's Top Ten Challenging People," it might be time for you to make some adjustments. Of course, first, you have to see yourself.

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10 Ideas to Help Deal with the Abusive Boss

By Art Petty|2024-08-08T13:23:12-05:00October 11th, 2015|1,770 Legacy Leadership Caffeine and Management Articles|

Health Warning: there’s no easy method for dealing with an abusive boss. Sometimes, the next exit ramp is the best approach. And sometimes circumstances require you to stay and attempt to cope. Here are 10 ideas to consider when striving to cope with an abusive boss:

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New Leader Tuesday—Quit Walking on Eggshells around Boss Bullies

By Art Petty|2024-08-08T13:23:24-05:00August 25th, 2015|1,770 Legacy Leadership Caffeine and Management Articles|

Almost every person who’s ever held a managerial position has spent time walking on eggshells around a deliberately difficult employee to avoid inciting a confrontation. I describe these individuals as “Boss Bullies.” They’re particularly fond of first-time managers because their tactics tend to work on the new managers for a period of time. Here are 6 ideas to help you navigate this sticky situation:

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New Leader Tuesday—Learning from Your Communication Mistakes

By Art Petty|2024-08-08T13:23:29-05:00August 11th, 2015|1,770 Legacy Leadership Caffeine and Management Articles|

You will make many communication mistakes in your formative role as someone responsible for the work of others. It takes time and more than a few mistakes to recognize your need to understand the communication preferences of your team members and to learn to tailor your approach. Here are 4 communication lessons learned the hard way and some guidance for helping you avoid these missteps:

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Leadership Caffeine™ Are You Making Time for the Big Topics?

By Art Petty|2024-08-08T13:23:31-05:00August 9th, 2015|1,770 Legacy Leadership Caffeine and Management Articles|

When it comes to the forward-looking issues around talent, team and strategy development, the uncomfortable answer to the question in the headline for this post for just about all of us (myself included) is, “Not enough.” Here are 4 ideas to help you manufacture time for the critical developmental and strategy discussions needed to push your business forward:

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Ideas for Professional and Performance Growth for the Week of August 2, 2015

By Art Petty|2024-08-08T13:23:34-05:00August 2nd, 2015|1,770 Legacy Leadership Caffeine and Management Articles|

Every week I offer ideas to encourage you to stretch and grow with my ideas for Do/Experiment/Explore. For this week, I offer ideas on strengthening team performance, leveraging your operations meetings to promote managerial skills development and learning to mess with your competitors just enough to keep them off balance. Use them in great professional health!

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Art of Managing—5 Big Lessons Learned from My Hiring Mistakes

By Art Petty|2024-08-08T13:23:36-05:00July 29th, 2015|1,770 Legacy Leadership Caffeine and Management Articles|

Over an extended career, you will make more than one hiring mistake. I guarantee it. No hiring manager escapes unscathed in this process. While a misfire is inevitable, this painful mistake (for you, your firm and the hire) is packed with some powerful life and career lessons. Here are 5 big lessons I've learned the hard way:

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