by Art Petty | Apr 17, 2016 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
In relative terms, you have been successful. You have the title, the salary and the perks that say, “success,” but how much of a performance penalty have your leadership tics and bad habits imposed on your teams, your firm and on your career? Some context: most...
by Art Petty | Mar 10, 2016 | Art of Managing, Leadership
In 30 years of marriage, my wife and I have disagreed on only a few issues of consequence. One of those is our taste in movies. (Hey, movies are consequential!) I am addicted to character study and she loves action movies. Because marriage is built on compromise, we...
by Art Petty | Aug 19, 2011 | Uncategorized
It’s time to put on your coaching hat and offer your best guidance for the latest installment of The Leadership Development Round-Table Challenge. This month’s vexing dilemma is being served up by Mary Jo Asmus of Aspire-CS. In case you’re not...
by Art Petty | Jun 14, 2011 | Leadership
I was promoted to my first supervisory job because the last guy didn’t show up that day. The manager said, “You’re in charge here. Don’t muck it up.” (The word he used wasn’t “muck”) Yeah, I know that no one was there to show you the ropes when you were drafted into...
by Art Petty | Dec 1, 2010 | Leadership
Note from Art: I’m on the soapbox. Great cultures and great performance comes from building teams with strong shared values and a hunger to learn and grow. Too often, we let toxic people linger and the result is….well, it’s toxic. I spend a great...
