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Gray-Zone Leadership—A Powerful Formula for Career Success

Gray-Zone Leadership—A Powerful Formula for Career Success

by Art Petty | Feb 15, 2021 | Art of Managing, Career, Influence, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change, Self-Development

Spend time observing successful individuals in your organization who are visibly succeeding—taking on more responsibilities and gaining access to critical projects, and you will notice three significant themes:  1. Successful individuals learn to make themselves...
Leadership Caffeine™—In Celebration of Those Who Think and Act Differently

Leadership Caffeine™—In Celebration of Those Who Think and Act Differently

by Art Petty | Aug 11, 2019 | Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change

I’ve long been enamored by individuals who have the courage and confidence to think and act differently in pursuit of solving problems in our workplaces. It takes courage, self-confidence and a high-degree of risk tolerance to challenge conventional wisdom in...
Working with the Enemy—5 Approaches for Navigating Difficult Relationships

Working with the Enemy—5 Approaches for Navigating Difficult Relationships

by Art Petty | Sep 24, 2016 | Art of Managing, Career

Nearly 100 percent of the time my coaching and strategy consulting assignments bump up against the relationship issue as an obstacle. Not my relationship with the client, but rather somewhere in the client environment, an important relationship that is so...

Art’s Writing and Week in Review for February 20, 2016

by Art Petty | Feb 20, 2016 | Career, Leadership

The work this week ranged from mentoring first-time managers, and building trust on your team to thoughts on building accountability, turning stress into performance and leveraging the insights of those brilliant management thinkers, the videogame designers. Enjoy!...

Art of Managing-Hedging Your Bets Might Be Harmful to Your Firm’s Health

by Art Petty | May 29, 2013 | Art of Managing, Strategy

“Most people, including experienced executives, don’t like to make choices because it means giving up options. There is a clear temptation to hedge bets, to try to do everything, to attempt to keep all doors open at once by refusing to pick from among existing...
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