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Leadership Caffeine™: Things I Wish Someone Would Have Told Me When I First Became a Leader

by Art Petty | Jul 26, 2009 | Career, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine

Note from Art: this one’s with a little help from my friends.  I’ve been working a great deal with first-time leaders recently (my favorite groups!) and I posted a tweet to the extremely talented group of great people that I follow on Twitter asking what they wish...

Leadership Caffeine™ for the New Week: Are You Mentor Potential?

by Art Petty | Apr 27, 2009 | Career, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine

It’s a stormy spring morning here in the greater Chicago-area and I confess to brewing my second pot of a dark Guatemalan roast to help spur some energy. This week’s topic focuses on the plight of the first time leader and a call to action for experienced leaders...

Leadership Development: “This is Squishy Feely” Stuff

by Art Petty | Oct 8, 2008 | Leadership, Leading Change

The “Squishy Feely” statement was on a recent comment card for a workshop that I conducted.  The follow on note to that very technical phrase was, “We’re not going to do this.” The “stuff” and the “this” that this individual was referencing included things like:...

How Healthy is Your Leadership Culture? Rate It Yourself and See or, “Rate it and Weep”

by Art Petty | May 17, 2008 | Leadership

Chances are if you are like most of the business professionals that take the 10 question Leadership Culture Index below, your organization can use some improvement.  A lot of improvement. I deliver this simple and I’m sure non-scientific survey (see...
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