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...
by Art Petty | Feb 27, 2012 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
Sometimes the best leadership guidance comes in short, strong bursts flavored with a few blunt reminders. Warning: consume too many of these at one time and your team members will thank you, productivity will go up and work might become a lot more enjoyable. 12 Shots...
by Art Petty | Feb 13, 2012 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
I’ve yet to run a workshop or program on leadership where anything approaching a majority of the participants describe their initial days of their initial role as a team leader, supervisor or manager as a period when they received much if any support and coaching from...
by Art Petty | Jan 23, 2012 | Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change
Even the most credible of leaders have to step up their game when it comes to talking about and promoting change on their teams and in their organizations. You can trust that a good number of the people doing the heavy lifting inside of your organization have...
