by Art Petty | Mar 30, 2014 | Challenging Conversations, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
The Leadership Caffeine series is over 200 installments strong and is dedicated to every aspiring or experienced leader and manager seeking ideas, insights or just a jolt of energy to keep pushing forward. Thanks for being along for the journey! — I’ve lost...
by Art Petty | Mar 11, 2014 | Career
A typical day in most workplaces is one unending series of large and small distractions that combine to keep most of us from making much forward progress on our one or two real priorities that matter. I can’t count how many times I’ve heard people mutter around 5:15...
by Art Petty | Dec 17, 2013 | Uncategorized
The New Leader Tuesday series is dedicated to helping first-time, early career and even experienced professionals with a “beginner’s mind” progress on their journey towards effective leadership. — OK, perhaps the “hug”in the title...
by Art Petty | Oct 22, 2013 | Career, Challenging Conversations, Leadership
Welcome to part 4 of our New Leader Tuesday series on strengthening your feedback skills. Part 1 tackled the issues of fear and anxiety that keeps so many new leaders from engaging in or conducting effective feedback discussions. Part 2 emphasized the importance of...
by Art Petty | Aug 28, 2013 | Art of Managing, Leadership
Note from Art: I shamelessly grabbed hold of the “you can’t scale bad people” line from some commentator on CNBC. While “bad” is a strong word, I agree with his intended meaning. There’s no formula, no strategy, no approach to building a...