Art Petty

AUGUST 15, 2023

One of the frequent themes in my executive and emerging leader coaching sessions and programs is confusion over how to create and sustain an effective coaching dialog with team members. The post For Managers—Creating Clarity Via Your Coaching and Evaluation Discussions, Part 1 appeared first on Management Excellence by Art Petty.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 9, 2019

Transformational Leadership is the Answer. Transformational leadership provides the means to this end. What Transformational Leadership Is. In a nutshell, the aim of transformational leadership is to transform followers into leaders. All of this is good for the bottom line. All of this is good for the bottom line.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 20, 2012

Earlier this week we launched a new project: The History of Leadership. Since history has been recorded, so have great lessons in leadership. The ultimate test of leadership has always been, and will always be, whether or not it can endure the test of time. Leadership is nothing without engagement – let’s engage.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

AUGUST 29, 2012

A notable leader I was working with discovered the importance of dialog with his team and others throughout the organization. I was expecting to hear about how time consuming this kind of conversation is and that he’d decided that dialog was pulling him away from all the urgent things that required his attention.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

You must model the work of a leader including stepping into uncomfortable dialog with others. Yet you might be surprised when it doesn’t happen because you’ve managed to have a dialog while remaining calm and expressing care for the individual. Ignoring these things is not very leader-like. It’s a small thing.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2020

Leadership and storytelling go hand-in-hand. In fact, leaders who lack the ability to leverage the power and influence of storytelling are missing the very essence of what accounts for compelling leadership begins with the story. Show me a great leader and I’ll show you a talented storyteller.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

DECEMBER 12, 2011

In leadership, you learn and develop as you lead. There is no magic leadership pill that will suddenly make you a wonderful leader; but there are some practices that are sure to help you get there. Taking the time to reflect should be a required leadership competency; it’s that important to your ability to improve.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Whatever your leadership style, the nature of your organization, etc., Awareness and attitude are best influenced by engaging in a meaningful dialog from the very start of the change process. What makes a leader successful? In essence, it’s all about influence. Merely a campaign isn’t enough. Myth 2: It’s All About Attitude.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

We are in a crisis of leadership, and our world is suffering greatly at the hands of people who confuse their desire for an ego boost, their quest for power, and their thirst for greed with leadership. It’s time to say enough is enough – it’s time for a leadership movement. Movements are nothing new.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JANUARY 29, 2019

These leaders make their leadership look effortless. People will meet – and even exceed your expectations when they are clear about what they are and there is appropriate dialog to lift their spirits and let them know that you are proud of what they are doing and how they are doing it. When you do so, they’ll keep doing it.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

DECEMBER 6, 2011

Leaders with wisdom make leadership look easy, even though the road to getting there is hard. Some thoughts on how to begin: Dialog: It’s amazing what you can learn from deep, thoughtful dialog with others. Try starting a leadership practice group to answer questions such as “What is leadership?

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

A S A PROFESSOR, an entrepreneur, the president of Stanford University, and now the Chairman of the Board of Alphabet (Google’s Parent company) and Director of Knight-Hennessy Scholars, John Hennessy has had a lot of leadership experience. Leadership as Service. Leading Matters is about the journey. Authenticity and Trust.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

JUNE 19, 2020

Situational Leadership ® is a common-sense, contingency-based leadership model that consists of four common leadership styles. Contingency-based” basically means the correct answer to the question: “What is the best leadership style?”. Answer: It depends! Answer: It depends! STYLE 1 – TELLING, DIRECTING or GUIDING.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JULY 29, 2012

I am a firm believer that the work that is done in business would improve if leaders promoted and modeled the kind of dialog that fosters understanding, forgiveness, peace and ultimately, better relationships. Lack of skill: Too many leaders know how to talk but don’t have the skills to listen. Yet the connection is there anyway.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2011

There is no shortage of debate surrounding leadership when it comes to philosophy, style, definitional distinctions, nuances, complex theory, etc. That said, I believe most reasonable people would agree leadership is nothing if not personal. So, my question is this - what’s next for leadership? . Why does all this matter?

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Art Petty

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Here are ten lessons that emerged from the great dialog in my two recent Feedback Boot Camp workshops. The post Ten Lessons from the Feedback Boot Camps appeared first on Management Excellence by Art Petty.

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Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

Usually, when speaking of servant leadership , we refer to the leader as an individual. For example, “he or she is a servant leader” Then, organizations that emphasize servant leadership as a core attribute of its people are inherently, servant led organizations. The event was an example of servant leadership in practice.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

More than 25% of those dollars are spent on “Leadership Training.&# Here’s the thing – when it comes to leadership, the training industry has been broken for years. .&# Here’s the thing – when it comes to leadership, the training industry has been broken for years. on employee training.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 10, 2012

Leadership and storytelling go hand-in-hand. In fact, leaders who lack the ability to leverage the power and influence of storytelling are missing the very essence of what accounts for compelling leadership to begin with – the story. The storyline propagated by those playing at leadership is all about them.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

DECEMBER 22, 2010

This is especially true for the kind of meeting where you want to have your team engaged and involved in decisions, or the kind where you need to have a heart to heart dialog with them. How you and your team are seated is important: The best way of encouraging dialog is to sit in a circle or to be seated at a round or oval table.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

APRIL 14, 2014

Consider that the “rules” or guidelines for acceptable – if not exemplary – leadership behavior can be developed collaboratively with your leadership team and then shared widely with all employees. To get you started, here are some questions you can ask: What behaviors do we want to model?

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Persuasive Powerhouse

APRIL 24, 2013

Meetings in many organizations have unhealthy hidden agendas, unhealthy conflict and competition, and a rush to action without appropriate dialog. You can do this assigning agenda items to others and by asking some well-placed questions at the meeting to stimulate dialog. With some planning, you can have better meetings.

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Terry Starbucker

NOVEMBER 24, 2013

Every company has some kind of leadership development program, even if they don’t realize it. The majority of training takes place within a monologue (lecture/presentation) rather than a dialog. The lessons came the hard way ( see my e-book for one particular mistake that took months to undo).

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 8, 2015

In one case when I suggested that a dialog with employees might bring more clarity and buy-in, well… my suggestion was met with disdain. How do you make sure those who look to you for leadership experience a culture big enough to accommodate their growth into healthy individuals, performing at full potential?

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Mike Cardus

MAY 19, 2019

A client was holding a significant internal networking event that consisted of ~200 employees from around the world all meeting to discuss the future of work, plus how the company and each person can support leadership and development internally. Leadership. Was this experience one you would like to have happen more often?

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 5, 2018

As I polled them with ideas ( 100 Ways to Bullet Proof Your Career , The No B t Guide to Getting Ahead , Leadership Truths from the Trenches ), the one that become the hands down winner was the one that I threw out as a joke: Did I REALLY Sign Up for This?! Maybe I shouldn’t have been all that surprised. No wonder we lose sight of our ‘why’.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

MARCH 29, 2012

I’ve been featuring a series of quotes from my favorite writers and bloggers on the topic of leadership. Are you fostering enthusiasm, creating clarity and inviting dialog around the vision? Jennifer V. Miller , featured today, is a neighbor who lives and works about an hour north of me. ” ~Jennifer V.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Model great leadership by getting results and leading with kindness and respect even if it goes against the culture. Start a dialog when there is pressure to move ahead and get results. This is what leadership is about. Notice the work of your team when they’re doing great things and then give them the credit out loud.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

Reach out to those you are disconnected from and begin a dialog. But it’s difficult sometimes when they are expecting to magically discover what they need to get better at, even as they’ve had stellar 360 results and are respected and valued within their organizations. There is always something that they can improve.

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

I recently asked readers to submit their burning leadership development questions. There was also a room full of talent management practitioners, so it was a lively dialog. There was also a room full of talent management practitioners, so it was a lively dialog. How strategic is your process? How simple is your process?

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JULY 23, 2014

. Leadership just isn’t what it used to be. Because we are now in an age of flattened organizational structures, global broad based knowledge, and speed of light decision making, real leadership power lies in work relationships that are formed and intentionally sustained. Thank goodness! This manager will be adept at real power.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 20, 2017

It’s for these reasons that the business of executive coaching has become such a significant staple of leadership development … “Therapists are usually oriented around talking and going deeper with dialog. By Karen Leland on Inc.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 25, 2019

What does this have to do with leadership? The role has not changed since the concept of leadership was born. Nevertheless, leadership calls for forward movement. While we didn’t love dealing with adversity, because we knew the people and situations involved, things seemed under control, familiar, comfortable. Everything.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JANUARY 7, 2013

According to our latest research*, 97% of organizations indicate that their primary use of coaching is for leadership development. According to current research*, the most important criteria to leaders selecting a coach are: experience dealing with specific leadership issues, experience and skills as a coach, and the ability to build rapport.

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 15, 2012

Essential Leadership Traits in the Successful Small Business Owner — Guest post by Linda Forshaw. “A While there is merit attached to not being afraid to get your hands dirty, in essence to lead by example, the smart small business owner will place a greater emphasis on a wider leadership strategy. How will you lead today ?

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JANUARY 23, 2013

Having a long-term vision for your organization and your leadership requires concentrated, extended thinking time to provide a foundation for planning. Having a long-term vision for your organization and your leadership requires concentrated, extended thinking time to provide a foundation for planning. Put away diversions (i.e.,

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Persuasive Powerhouse

AUGUST 4, 2014

Have regular dialog where you listen well and ask questions that will guide them to find their own way to complete the work. Last winter, we had an old apple tree in the yard topple from sub-zero freezing temperatures and the weight of more snow than we’ve seen since we’ve lived here. We shopped for starter plants.

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