by Art Petty | Jun 7, 2024 | 1,770 Legacy Leadership Caffeine and Management Articles
Summer School Gets a Bad Rap OK, first, let’s take on the summer school label. As a kid growing up in Chicago, I remember thinking that people who had to go to summer school clearly did something bad during the school year. After all, summer was about riding my...
by Art Petty | Apr 11, 2024 | Art of Managing, Challenging Conversations, Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, Leadership, Self-Development
If the Idea or Act of Giving Constructive Feedback Stresses You, You’re Not Alone In a recent survey of over 500 managers, anticipating and then giving constructive feedback was found to be the number one stressor in their jobs. Ouch! 65% of them indicated they...
by Art Petty | Oct 16, 2023 | Art of Managing, Challenging Conversations, Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Self-Development
Feedback & Tough Performance Discussions Are Stressful—But They Don’t Have to Be I’ve trained thousands of professionals across every major sector on how to design and deliver feedback (and feed-forward) discussions that promote growth. I’ve...
by Art Petty | Sep 25, 2023 | Art of Managing, Challenging Conversations, Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Self-Development
How do you respond under pressure? The world of work is filled with challenging moments, unexpected events, and unanticipated reactions. Learning to lead yourself first is critical for survival and seizing any possibility of success in these stressful moments. One of...
by Art Petty | Apr 20, 2023 | Art of Managing, Challenging Conversations, Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Strategy
Do These Describe Your Environment? In my programs, consulting work, and coaching, I regularly encounter these situations: Managers struggling with an employee’s performance, yet they’ve provided little to no feedback, or their feedback was watered down to...
