by Art Petty | Jul 18, 2021 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leadership Power-Ups, Leading Change, Management Innovation, Think Differently
In too many of our organizations and on our teams, people are engaged at the transaction level. They work, meet, and deliver because it’s expected. They stop short of committing because something is missing from the environment. There’s a lack of unity of purpose. In...
by Art Petty | Mar 1, 2020 | Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leadership Power-Ups
Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart famously opined, “I know it when I see it” in an attempt to deal with a controversial topic that was (and remains) highly subjective. While Justice Stewart wasn’t talking about effective leadership, he might as...
by Art Petty | Feb 13, 2019 | Art of Managing, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
As leaders, we often fall victim to the belief that our teams need us to survive and thrive. In reality, if we’ve done our jobs right in selecting, developing, and placing people in the right positions, and worked hard to create a healthy environment, what they need...
by Art Petty | Oct 7, 2018 | Decision-Making, Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Strategy
Stock market investors and most organizational leaders genuinely dislike uncertainty. I understand why it plays havoc with investor psychology. Yet managing the unexpected is the real job of today’s leaders. Much of the theory of management implies we can plan,...
by Art Petty | Nov 26, 2017 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
A few years ago during an executive course entitled: “Reinventing Leadership,” I had the temerity to suggest it was a leader’s responsibility to appeal to the hearts and the minds would follow. People in the room looked at me as if I had grown a second head on my...
