by Art Petty | Aug 28, 2022 | Art of Managing, Career, Emerging Leaders, High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change, Project Management
Working With Others Can Be Painful. It Shouldn’t Be! Teaming and collaboration experiences happen in all walks of our professional and personal lives. Some experiences working with others are draining, others passable, and just a few are energizing and even fun....
by Art Petty | Mar 15, 2022 | Art of Managing, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change, The Leadership Opportunity
Our March Leadership Caffeine Jam Session (recording here) was all about finding the magic with teams. As usual, the chat stream commentary from our attendees was fabulous. I’m sharing some insights from this 50-minute session. (Note: If you’ve not heard of or...
by Art Petty | Aug 31, 2020 | Art of Managing, Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leadership Power-Ups
In Search of the Magic of Team High Performance We talk a big game about teams in business, yet often they disappoint. Raise your hand if you’ve been on a so-called team that devolved into a debating society that went nowhere. Regardless of outcomes and...
by Art Petty | Oct 13, 2017 | Art of Managing, Just One Thing, Leadership, Product Management, Project Management
“We’ll get this done. I’ll put a team on it.” In truth, there are far fewer teams in the workplace than the use of the term might have you believe. Mostly, we have groups. Or, we have collections of individuals driven by their calendars to show up at an appointed time...
by Art Petty | Jul 21, 2010 | Decision-Making, Leadership, Project Management
I’m leery of happy teams. Don’t get me wrong. I like positive situations and working with happy people, however, in my experience, the happy teams are the ones that produce mediocre results or, they don’t produce at all. Give me a group of people that show up to do...