Ideas from Art Petty to promote personal and team growth and performance No Images? Click here 5 Articles to Make You Think and Inspire You to Act1. It's about more than listening, it's about creating trust in The leader's secret weapon: listening, by Adam Bryant writing at strategy+business. Pairs nicely with my article: Leader, It's Time to Develop Your Listening Muscle. 2. Favorite career article this week from a powerful group of thinkers at Kellogg Insight: Take 5: How to Be Prepared for Important Career Moments. From preparing for presentations and negotiations to cultivating a networking strategy, talking with the CEO, and preparing for your second act, some wonderful insights. 3. One of my favorite writers/thinkers, Jesse Lyn Stoner, shares: How to Create Shared Values that Guide Your Team to Greater Heights. Jesse's posts are always nuggets of gold, all the more so, given her relaxed writing schedule these days. For anyone leading a team, her "7 steps" here are priceless. 4. My favorite "think deeply about yourself" personal development article of the week comes from the blog of Kevin Meyer (h/t David Brock via LinkedIn): Question Yourself. Meyer will make you stop and....well, question yourself. Pairs nicely with my piece this week: Leadership Caffeine--Chasing Your Potential. 5. Love this: 3 Easy Ways to Be Courageous and Take Risks by LaRae Quy via LinkedIn. In my career coaching work, fear is almost always the limiting factor in individuals taking the calculated risks they need to move to "next." LaRae offers some practical guidance for navigating those fears. Most Read from Last Week's IssueThe #1 Tactic for Negotiating with Someone More Powerful than You by Chris Voss. --- What I'm Reading8 Steps to High Performance: Focus on What You Can Change (Ignore the Rest), by Marc Effron. The author distills down a mountain of research into 8 key factors we each control that impact our performance. I'm actively working to get Effron on a podcast. This book flows nicely with easy writing and practical guidance. Management and Career Writing/Podcasting from ArtLeadership Caffeine: Chasing Your Potential. We're all running a race in our careers. The key question is, are you running the right race? Leadership Caffeine Podcast #30: Charlene Li, where the focus is on Charlene's book, The Disruption Mindset Why Some Organizations Transform While Others Fail. I'm a big fan of Charlene's and this timely book. On the show, we explore the challenges and approaches to creating disruption. Charlene's research offers up some surprising insights. (In case you missed it: our newest free download, 18 Actionable Strategies to Accelerate Your Career. This 86-page book is jam-packed with articles and ideas you can use to move further faster or to seize control in chaotic situations. ---I love to hear from readers. If you have an article to share or a topic you would like me to pursue, drop me a note. New Leadership Book Podcast Program!I'm thrilled to announce the launch of a new podcast in conjunction with leadership and book author/coach, Wally Bock, where we share our views (and argue a bit!) over the reviews of the latest leadership and management books. Along the way, expect us to backtrack to some classics and more than a few histories and biographies. For our inaugural show, we tap into Wally's Marine background and our collective respect for history and leadership in extremis situations with Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead, by Jim Mattis and Bing West. Give it a listen and check out the show highlights! |