by Art Petty | Jun 13, 2024 | 1,770 Legacy Leadership Caffeine and Management Articles
“What I needed in my youth was the confidence to trust myself. The challenge of life is to foster confidence in one’s own judgment. What creates success isn’t merely being offered the chance to lead but having the courage to accept a challenge when it is...
by Art Petty | Apr 12, 2020 | Decision-Making, Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leadership Power-Ups
From small business owners to global corporate leaders—for anyone who cares about their employees, customers, and business partners, this is a time of sleepless nights and soul-crushing tough decisions. A friend acknowledged he cried when he had to tell his employees...
by Art Petty | May 19, 2016 | Art of Managing, Leadership
The biggest barrier to remarkable achievements in our workplaces is not a lack of resources or a shortage of great ideas. Rather, it is a distinct shortage of a very personal attribute: self-confidence. Of all of the challenges of serving in a role responsible for...
by Art Petty | Jan 31, 2011 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
One definition of self-esteem reflects, “confidence in one’s own worth or abilities.” Another source, psychologist and author, Dr. Nathaniel Branden, offers: “Self-esteem is the experience of being competent to cope with the basic challenges of life and being worthy...
by Art Petty | Sep 18, 2008 | Leadership
It takes a strong reserve of self-confidence to be an effective leader. It’s also remarkably easy to get comfortable crossing the fine but dangerous line between self-confidence and arrogance. The best leaders are conscious of that boundary and walk along...
