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Thinking Differently About What It Means to Lead

Thinking Differently About What It Means to Lead

by Art Petty | Sep 8, 2020 | Art of Managing, Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Strategy, The Leadership Opportunity, Think Differently

Note from Art: This article appeared originally as a feature at SmartBrief on Leadership. Why Thinking Differently About Leading and Managing is So Critical and How to Jumpstart It It wasn’t long ago when the phrase “think differently” evoked images...
First-Time Manager #14—Management Lessons Learned the Hard Way

First-Time Manager #14—Management Lessons Learned the Hard Way

by Art Petty | Nov 6, 2017 | Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, Leadership

In workshops and live settings, I’ve been asked numerous times about my biggest mistakes as a manager. I’ve made a fair number of them over three decades of leading and managing (and I regularly share these via my cases and articles), however, my Achilles Heel earlier...

Art of Managing—In Searching for Talent, Emphasize Potential

by Art Petty | Jun 24, 2014 | Art of Managing, Leadership, Management Innovation

The Art of Managing series is dedicated to exploring the critical issues we face in guiding our firms and teams to success in today’s volatile world. — The article, “21st Century Talent Spotting—Why potential now trumps brains, experience, and...

Leadership Caffeine™: When Leading is an Unnatural Act

by Art Petty | Mar 8, 2011 | Career, Leadership

One of the interesting outcomes I’ve observed when engaging truly thoughtful people in the process of understanding the role of a leader and the commitment required for success, is that some people decide it’s not a good fit. They decide to become great followers...

Leadership Caffeine™: Time to Take out the 360-Degree Trash

by Art Petty | Feb 22, 2011 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine

Note from Art: this rave was prompted by one too many discussions with good people about the frustration they feel over their firm’s evaluation systems and the lack of good quality developmental feedback. While I’m certain there’s a good 360-degree feedback program...
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