by Art Petty | Jul 28, 2013 | Career, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
Part of growing up as a leader involves letting the people you’ve supported and coached, sometimes from day one of their careers, move on to new opportunities inside and outside the organization. While it’s always tough to lose a talented team member, this is in large...
by Art Petty | Feb 13, 2012 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
I’ve yet to run a workshop or program on leadership where anything approaching a majority of the participants describe their initial days of their initial role as a team leader, supervisor or manager as a period when they received much if any support and coaching from...
by Art Petty | Aug 3, 2010 | Leadership
The major “people mistakes” of my career have occurred as a result of investing too much time and effort in trying to change people. As leaders, we can enable change. We can help people that want to change. But trying to change people on our own is ultimately a...
by Art Petty | Jul 29, 2010 | Leadership, Uncategorized
Note: the Seven Key Questions for Ambitious, Aspiring Leaders, are presented in the book, Practical Lessons in Leadership by Art Petty and Rich Petro. I’ll explore each question here at Building Better Leaders through individual “Leadership Tip of the...
by Art Petty | Jun 15, 2010 | Leadership, Uncategorized
When it comes to leadership development, sweeping corporate mandates and expensive training initiatives are rarely as effective as consistent blocking and tackling. Your own practices are capable of creating a new and next generation of professionals that carry the...