by Art Petty | May 12, 2020 | Career, Emerging Leaders, High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change, Management Innovation, Self-Development, Think Differently
OK, It’s About Critical Thinking, But Hopefully, You Get the Point While you might be correct in assuming I’ve read too much science fiction and fantasy, it turns out two skills they don’t teach you in most professional development programs are...
by Art Petty | Dec 1, 2019 | Art of Managing, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
Every encounter with someone on your team offers a chance to create value, promote learning and growth, and encourage development. Or not. A large part of the outcome from your daily encounters with team members depends upon your careful use of questioning. Are you an...
by Art Petty | Apr 16, 2018 | Decision-Making, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leadership Power-Ups, Strategy
The Questions to Directives Ratio: How many open-ended, idea-chasing questions do you ask every day? Do you ask more questions than you issue directives or provide answers? Recently, I worked with a group of coaching clients to explore the important topic of curiosity...
by Art Petty | Dec 15, 2009 | Uncategorized
Note from Art: Don’t miss out on the combined Management Excellence/Building Better Leaders e-newsletter. Sign up and join our database before midnight, Wednesday, December 16, 2009 and you might just win a copy of my book (with Rich Petro), Practical Lessons in...
by Art Petty | Jul 15, 2008 | Leadership
Learning how to ask compelling questions in a non-threatening manner is one of those unexciting but absolutely critical skills for an emerging leader to develop. Questions are the leader’s lifeblood of information, and like most skills, learning to ask...
