by Art Petty | Jan 17, 2011 | Career, Leadership Caffeine
For most of us, the answer to the question, “Are you pushing yourself hard enough?” is “No.” If we’re honest with ourselves, there are parts of our lives, including our careers, our relationships and our own personal development, where we are...
by Art Petty | Jan 10, 2011 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
If as Woody Allen indicated, “80-percent of success is just showing up,” the gross majority of the rest of success must be attributable to adopting the right attitude. I’ll leave a little wiggle room in there for the propensity to act and our good friend, luck. Our...
by Art Petty | Jan 3, 2011 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
The modern-day practice of alchemy is only metaphorically about the search for a method to turn lead into gold. Instead of the medieval pursuit by alchemists of a magical chemical conversion process to change one element into another, modern practitioners are focused...
by Art Petty | Dec 13, 2010 | Career, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
It’s easy to start believing the praise you hear in the hallways about your leadership approach. Easy and dangerous. I’ve always been leery of the unfounded and saccharine-sweet praise that is bestowed upon leaders. While you may call me cynical, I prefer to think of...
by Art Petty | Nov 28, 2010 | Career, Decision-Making, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
Like good health, you cannot have too much credibility as a leader. Too many leaders swim through their corporate and organizational lives oblivious to the reality that their actions, utterances, decisions and even the most casual of their interactions are all...
