by Art Petty | Oct 20, 2013 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
Last week, I spent some time in a post offering guidance on strengthening your performance as an employee. This week, our focus returns to the individual at the top of the food chain. If this happens to be you, your team will thank you for spending a few minutes...
by Art Petty | Oct 14, 2013 | Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change, Management Innovation
You get absolutely nowhere except tired by running in place. In many environments, it seems that we’ve routinized creativity in leading and managing key activities and developing talent right into oblivion. It’s death (or at least plodding slow performance) by...
by Art Petty | Oct 6, 2013 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
Few words in the leader’s lexicon are simultaneously as powerful for building credibility and as potentially lethal for destroying credibility as the personal pronoun “I.” I’m a big fan of the word when applied carefully and properly. “I” works great when applied...
by Art Petty | Sep 30, 2013 | Career, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
From time to time, the hard work of being responsible for the work of others grows tiring. While much of the literature paints a picture that makes leadership sound like a calling (and for some it is), for many in roles of responsibility for teams and groups, the...
by Art Petty | Sep 9, 2013 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change, Management Innovation
Looking for a boost in morale and team or departmental performance? Try spending some time helping your colleagues connect their work efforts and goals to the bigger picture of your firm’s strategy. Much of our workplace communication is transactional in nature, and...
