by Art Petty | Aug 30, 2015 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
The Leadership Caffeine™ series is intended to make you think and act. — When things break bad (even momentarily) in an organization, a number of predictable reflexes kick-in. Expenses are cut. Operations reviews evolve into extended, public proctology exams...
by Art Petty | Aug 16, 2015 | High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
The Leadership Caffeine™ series is intended to make you think and act. — A few of the most contentious (and job threatening) moments in my career have come when I’ve gone to the mat on dealing with toxic employees. For a number of reasons…none of which are worth...
by Art Petty | Aug 9, 2015 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
The Leadership Caffeine™ series is intended to make you think and act. — When it comes to the forward-looking issues around talent, team and strategy development, the uncomfortable answer to the question in the post headline for just about all of us (myself...
by Art Petty | Jul 27, 2015 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
The Leadership Caffeine™ series is intended to make you think and act. — In difficult situations, reality tinged with optimism and backed by encouragement serves as a more effective motivator than a saccharine-sweet message of false praise and manufactured...
by Art Petty | Jul 7, 2015 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change
The Leadership Caffeine™ series is intended to make you think and act. — The oft-cited and disturbingly dismal numbers reported about employee engagement tell an interesting story about leadership effectiveness…or the lack thereof. In my own experience,...
