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Art Petty
Art Petty is a coach and consultant working with top executives and management teams to unlock business and human potential. Art writes the Management Excellence blog.
Art Petty is a coach and consultant working with top executives and management teams to unlock business and human potential. Art writes the Management Excellence blog.
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Designing Constructive Feedback Discussions for Success
If it’s not about pursuing high performance tied to the mission, it’s personal, and that’s lousy feedback.
- Art Petty
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Managers Take Note: Less of You is Probably Enough
Your success isn’t directly correlated to how much time you spend telling people what to do.
- Art Petty
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Leading and Succeeding Where Organizational Boundaries Are Unclear
These are the gray zones—visible an irritating to all—where authority and responsibility are muddled.
- Art Petty
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A Checklist and Process to Create Daily Success at Work
It’s one way to avoid losing yourself in your organization’s maelstrom.
- Art Petty
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How to Step In to Lead a New Group
Try this process to grow trust and gain performance.
- Art Petty
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8 Ideas to Help You Regain Control at Work
It’s great to be busy, but excessive busyness comes from a flawed approach to your situation.
- Art Petty
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One Communication Superpower We Should All Strive to Cultivate
It would be convenient if the Vulcan mind-meld were a real thing, but it’s not.
- Art Petty
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Two Questions Every Leader Should Ask Repeatedly
We're mostly oblivious to how our actions are received, and that's a problem.
- Art Petty
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Nine Ideas to Help You Lead Effectively in Pressure Environments
It should be a crime to sacrifice potential in the name of results-at-all costs.
- Art Petty
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How to Keep Communication Quality High When Things Head in the Wrong Direction at Work
Five approaches to getting things back on track.
- Art Petty
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10 Lessons Learned in Search of Success as a Leader
Newsflash: there are no shortcuts.
- Art Petty
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Solving for Unproductive Workplace Conversations
These are the conversations where everyone talks and no one listens.
- Art Petty
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How to Deal With a Confrontational Naysayer During a Presentation
A workplace communication fable with three great lessons.
- Art Petty
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New Manager Development: Put Your Back Into It
There’s lots of guidance out there for aspiring managers, but not so much for those charged with promoting and developing these newbies.
- Art Petty
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10 Tips for Becoming a Better Leader
No one comes to the role fully prepared for the challenges.
- Art Petty
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Navigating a Leadership Slump
There are a number of strategies you can employ to get beyond this unhappy state.
- Art Petty
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10 Tips for Becoming a Better Leader
No one comes to this role fully prepared for the challenges.
- Art Petty
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Leader: It’s Time to Develop Your Listening Muscle
Listening is the hardest, best work you can do, but it takes practice.
- Art Petty
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Why Vague Feedback is So Destructive and What to Do About It
When feedback is not specific and behavioral, it’s not actionable.
- Art Petty
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Three Communication Styles That Can Derail Your Career
How not to be your own worst enemy.
- Art Petty