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Bad Day as a Leader? Smile and Keep Marching

Bad Day as a Leader? Smile and Keep Marching

by Art Petty | Mar 5, 2024 | Art of Managing, Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine

Bottom Line Up Front:  Not every day in your life as a leader is a party complete with cake and ice cream. When you encounter one of those days where everything seems to be working against you, it’s time to force a smile and keep marching. By the way, your team...

The Best Of: Jump-start Your Team’s “Ideas to Actions” Machine

by Art Petty | Apr 5, 2016 | Leadership Caffeine

Note from Art: I’m traveling with my wife for our 30th anniversary celebration. (Hey, you only live once!) In light of that, I wanted to leave you with some great content from the archives while I’m away. “Ideas are easy; doing stuff is hard.” –Seth Godin...

A Fresh Voice and Leadership and the Art of Apology

by Art Petty | Jun 11, 2009 | Career, Leadership, Product Management, Project Management

There’s an excellent post entitled, “Sorry is not the final word, just the beginning,” by guest author and Product/Project Management Consultant, Lisa Winter at one of my favorite blogs: The Art of Project Management. hosted by the UCSC-Extension in Silicon Valley....

Fresh Voices: Perspectives on Change, Communication and Delegation

by Art Petty | May 12, 2009 | Career, Leadership, Leading Change

One of my favorite outcomes of blogging has been the opportunity to meet and learn from some really sharp people that share a passion for many of the same topics that I write about: leadership excellence, high performance and personal and professional development.  ...

Leadership Caffeine™: Scouting for Talent in Unusual Places

by Art Petty | May 11, 2009 | Career, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine

A friend on Twitter offered up this quote as an old Turkish proverb, apropos for the weekly Leadership Caffeine article: “Coffee should be black as hell, strong as death and sweet as love.” If that doesn’t stimulate some senses, nothing will! This week’s focus is on...
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