by Art Petty | Oct 22, 2018 | Art of Managing, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change
Congratulations, this Mess is Yours to Fix! At some point in your management career, you’re likely to be placed in a situation where your charter is to fix what’s not working. Whether it’s poor sales, decreasing customer satisfaction or declining performance...
by Art Petty | Oct 7, 2018 | Decision-Making, Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Strategy
Stock market investors and most organizational leaders genuinely dislike uncertainty. I understand why it plays havoc with investor psychology. Yet managing the unexpected is the real job of today’s leaders. Much of the theory of management implies we can plan,...
by Art Petty | Jul 8, 2018 | Career, Career Reinvention, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
For just about everyone involved in leading and guiding others for an extended period, the time comes when the natural enthusiasm that fueled your work fades. For some, it’s a slow fade characterized by creeping malaise and a sense of restlessness. For others, it’s a...
by Art Petty | Feb 18, 2018 | Just One Thing, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leadership Power-Ups, Leading Change
A great deal of energy goes into reconstituting the same ten core ideas around effective leadership the way a frugal home cook reconstitutes leftovers. At last count, my budget-stretching mother could make at least five dishes out of leftover turkey. The names of the...
by Art Petty | Feb 7, 2018 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leadership Power-Ups
One of the bedrock principles of finding a great idea is first to generate a lot of ideas. This fun, fast-moving riff on great leadership was born from a client challenge in a live setting to generate as many ideas as possible in 45-minutes. Great fun, and we filled...
