by Art Petty | Nov 2, 2018 | Art of Managing, Challenging Conversations, Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
A Day in the Life of a Manager: Every manager I know is involved in a daily sprint to keep things moving and to try and figure out how to make things run better, faster, and cheaper. Most have team members on loan to project teams. And then there are the change...
by Art Petty | Mar 17, 2018 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leadership Power-Ups, Leading Change
In a perfect world, we would all start our roles as managers and emerging leaders fully aware of the behaviors and ingredients that promote success. In reality, the work of leading is learned through clumsy practice and (hopefully) refined over time. I for one would...
by Art Petty | Sep 28, 2017 | High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine Podcast, Uncategorized
Gary Morton, author of Commanding Excellence: Inspiring Purpose, Passion, and Ingenuity through Leadership that Matters, is one of the reasons I love live interviews. It would be hard to make up a story as fascinating as Gary’s. From his success at West Point to...
by Art Petty | Feb 14, 2016 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
The title of this post is drawn from the book, “Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win,” by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin. These warrior heroes do an outstanding job relating the lessons from life or death circumstances to our significantly safer corporate...
by Art Petty | Sep 23, 2014 | Art of Managing, High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Management Innovation
The Art of Managing series is dedicated to exploring the critical issues we face in guiding our firms and teams to success in today’s volatile world. — Too few managers and management teams talk about what it means to promote a culture of business...
