by Art Petty | May 7, 2012 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
Performance counts. Efforts are nice, but ultimately, you are evaluated on the results of your team, not the amount of work you put into achieving your results. The pursuit of performance is something that is too easily lost in some of the kinder, gentler content that...
by Art Petty | Apr 9, 2012 | Leadership Caffeine
We tend to love our life and work routines. They are comfortable and comforting. In the workplace, “creating routines” almost seems to be the goal for some managers. It’s an attempt to bring order to our little corner of the organization. Managers do management things...
by Art Petty | Mar 26, 2012 | Career, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
Just say “No” to the post-work invite from the team to join them for a beer. While you’ll feel torn because you enjoy social time as much as the next person, pay attention to that little voice in your mind trying to get your attention with, “You shouldn’t, you’re the...
by Art Petty | Mar 12, 2012 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
Few events do more to suck the life and energy out of a team than the boss’s weekly status meeting. If you are the boss, it’s time to exorcise these from your operating routine. These forced marches around the table offering up banal or purely self-aggrandizing...
by Art Petty | Mar 5, 2012 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
Newsflash: all good leaders make mistakes. A great number of them. Everyday. After all, there are people involved, and this would be really easy without the people. Fortunately, people are all that we have. The true test of your leadership character isn’t measured by...
