by Art Petty | Nov 21, 2019 | Art of Managing, Career, Decision-Making, Emerging Leaders, High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change, Management Innovation, Strategy, Think Differently
When was the last time you read a book or attended a training session on Situation Awareness (SA)? Unless you work around the military, aviation, or in crisis management situations, chances are the answer is never. That’s a mistake. Increasingly, I see what I...
by Art Petty | Mar 10, 2019 | Challenging Conversations, Decision-Making, Leadership
How many conversations at work have you participated in or observed that went nowhere? Chances are, you can think of more than a few. These are the conversations where everyone talks, no one listens, and the involved parties dig in their heels on their positions....
by Art Petty | Jun 21, 2017 | Just One Thing, Miscellaneous Pet Peeves
I like to ask questions and listen. (Good leaders do the same.) It must have been my mother’s influence. Or, maybe the nuns at St. Matthias. Regardless of the sources, I’ve always considered it to be common courtesy in social and business settings to strive to create...
by Art Petty | Nov 19, 2014 | Career
The Level-Up series at Management Excellence is dedicated to supporting your professional development as an emerging executive. — There will be bad days, tough situations or pivotal debates on key issues with colleagues that will trip your trigger and stimulate...
by Art Petty | Jul 18, 2013 | Career, Just One Thing
I confess to having not used the descriptor “smarty pants” since sometime before I turned 11, but I was reminded of it the other day in a Wall Street Journal article on the potential nomination of economist, Larry Summers, to the Chairmanship of the Federal Reserve....
