by Art Petty | Dec 6, 2020 | Art of Managing, Career, Challenging Conversations, Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, Leadership, Self-Development
Here’s what happens when my long-standing fear of the “conversations never spoken” in the workplace collides with a fresh viewing of Charles Dickens’ classic A Christmas Carol. With my sincere apologies to Charles Dickens. –Art — After...
by Art Petty | Jun 30, 2019 | Challenging Conversations, First Time Manager Series, Leadership
We’ve all heard that feedback is supposed to be good for us. After all, receiving feedback—especially the tough kind—is how we learn to get better. Ken Blanchard teaches us that “Feedback is the breakfast of champions.” And Marshall Goldsmith helps...
by Art Petty | Jun 3, 2019 | Challenging Conversations, Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
Seeing situations through the eyes of others may be the most crucial skill you’re not working very hard on in your professional or personal lives. It turns out when you do this—when you truly actually strive to understand how others view situations—the world...
by Art Petty | Apr 29, 2018 | Art of Managing, Challenging Conversations, Leadership, Leadership Power-Ups, Product Management
“A manager’s role, and by extension any leadership position is characterized by overload, ambiguity, and conflict.” -Linda A. Hill, Becoming the Boss Who doesn’t like a bit of overload, ambiguity, and conflict in their days? Managing, especially from the middle of an...
by Art Petty | Dec 1, 2015 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine Podcast
Welcome back to the Leadership Caffeine Podcast series! While the series took a hiatus for an extended period during my last venture, the idea of bringing fresh voices to the important topics of management and leadership is an unyielding objective of mine here at the...
