by Art Petty | Apr 28, 2017 | Career, Leadership
I attended a conference of uber-successful solo consultants and coaches this past week. It turns out, uber-successful people are some of the hardest-working individuals in the world on one core thing: themselves. They understand that they have to be at their best to...
by Art Petty | Jan 5, 2017 | Career
Congratulations, if your boss indicates she is planning to engage an external coach for you in the upcoming months! While your first reaction might be, “What did I do wrong?” more often than not the commitment to invest in coaching for you is a vote of confidence in...
by Art Petty | Aug 24, 2016 | Career, High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Project Management
I continue to be slightly amazed and always humbled at the reception to my book/article collection, “Leadership Caffeine: Ideas to Energize Your Professional Development.” Today is the sixth anniversary of the publication this work, and the content on...
by Art Petty | Jan 23, 2016 | Career
There’s something particularly logical about creating offerings that people ask for. During the past few months, I’ve received a number of inquiries that neatly fit into two key themes: Coaching services for individuals below the executive or soon-to-be...
by Art Petty | Sep 21, 2015 | Career
The Next Act series at Management Excellence is dedicated to helping experienced leaders revitalize and reinvent. — Note from Art: with this post, I’m launching a new, on-going feature here at Management Excellence, focused on the issues and needs of later...