by Art Petty | Jan 19, 2025 | Developing as a Senior Manager, Developing Your Career, Ideas for Leadership Success, Professional Development with Art
To those with managerial experience who strive to do more, the climb does not always matter. It’s much about growing your impact. I work with many seasoned managers who are hungry to do more, learn more, and challenge themselves while finding new ways to...
by Art Petty | Jan 9, 2025 | Bad managers and lousy leaders, Developing as a Senior Manager, Ideas for Leadership Success, Talking About Strategy, The Management System
Leaders charged with righting foundering organizations often claim “the culture is broken.” However, just as you cannot fix people, experience tells me that focusing on fixing a culture is a fool’s errand. Decision-making processes, communications, structure,...
by Art Petty | Jan 24, 2021 | Art of Managing, Decision-Making, Emerging Leaders, High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Product Management, Project Management, Strategy, The Leadership Opportunity, Think Differently
Note from Art: a version of this article appeared originally at SmartBrief on Leadership — The Need for Speed is Obvious, But Be Careful Few argue over the need for speed when responding and adapting to crisis and rapidly changing circumstances. For a few...
by Art Petty | Nov 21, 2019 | Art of Managing, Career, Decision-Making, Emerging Leaders, High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change, Management Innovation, Strategy, Think Differently
When was the last time you read a book or attended a training session on Situation Awareness (SA)? Unless you work around the military, aviation, or in crisis management situations, chances are the answer is never. That’s a mistake. Increasingly, I see what I...
by Art Petty | Aug 8, 2019 | Career, Decision-Making, Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, Just One Thing, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
All activity/no vector. –From my coaching notes for a client moving dangerously close to a breakdown. In our hectic, always-on world of work, it’s imperative to take the opportunity to orient yourself on what’s important every day. The alternative is to let...
