by Art Petty | Jul 7, 2019 | Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change, Project Management, Strategy
Perhaps a testament to the survival instinct in human nature, many managers and contributors go to great lengths to avoid the maelstrom surrounding the most significant workplace problems. Highlight the failing strategy, and you invite an airstrike from top...
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...
by Art Petty | Jan 24, 2016 | Career, Leadership Caffeine, Strategy
Most of us don’t think about leadership and leading in the context of our peers. After all, by definition, there’s no hierarchical relationship between group members. Conventional thinking suggests our peers are our teammates, our colleagues and our fellow managers or...
by Art Petty | Jul 19, 2015 | Uncategorized
Note from Art: Every week I offer ideas to encourage you to stretch and grow. Use them in great professional health! — Do: Volunteer to Lead an Initiative to Solve a Lingering Problem. In most organizations, the problems are well identified. It’s finding someone...
by Art Petty | Apr 29, 2015 | Career
The Level-Up series at Management Excellence is dedicated to supporting your professional development on the road to senior management. — Ask and answer a simple question: “How did the three most powerful people in your firm (without a “C” in their titles)...
