About Art Petty

Art Petty provides practical, actionable guidance for solving vexing problems in marketing & sales, strategy and leadership by serving as a mentor, consultant, coach, trainer and educator for firms and professionals in a variety of markets.

Art brings the experience gained in over two-decades developing and growing market-leading teams and firms in high-tech, software and manufacturing for large and small firms around the globe to all of his endeavors. His focus is on helping clients develop as high performance professionals and helping owners and executives build high performance programs and teams.

Art works with:

small and mid-sized manufacturing and technology firms as a virtual marketing executive
small business owners for marketing coaching and and strategy creation and execution
early and mid-career professionals focused on developing as leaders.
project and product managers on developing as senior contributors and leaders
nonprofit boards and executives on strengthening performance
senior management groups for strategy and for creating cultures that successfully develop talent and leadership
associations, chambers and other groups for speaking and workshop delivery

Petty’s employers and clients served include leaders in electronics manufacturing, business intelligence software and services, industrial building automation, retail automation, commercial life-safety, manufacturers of all sizes, and nonprofits covering the range of human services.

Art Petty Summary

In addition to his work as a coach, advisor and trainer, Petty has served at various times in roles ranging from Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing to Corporate Strategy Director, Business Unit Head, Marketing Director, Director of Product and Marketing and Product Manager. He is proud of the fact that his entry-level position out of college may just be the single lowest rung on the product management ladder as a product specialist trainee!

Art’s “Best Practices” workshops in leadership, project management, quality, strategy & execution and marketing all challenge participants to gain new skills and immediately apply insights to solving problems in the working environment. He recently launched Building Better Leaders as the on-line delivery portal for a growing number of his courses. In addition, Petty works closely with associations in data warehousing, financial technology and youth development for speaking and workshop delivery.

Art serves as a highly reviewed adjunct management professor teaching Quality, Project Management, Management Principles and Business Plan Development at DePaul University’s Kellstadt Graduate School of Business-the #6 rated part-time MBA program in the nation. He recently joined the faculty at The Illinois Institute of Technology as an adjunct teaching Organization and Behavior, and Art is active as an instructor in The Academy for High Performance and on-line courses at McHenry County College.

He is the co-author of the 2007 book, Practical Lessons in Leadership—A Guidebook for Aspiring and Experienced Leaders, and is the author of many articles, papers and the popular and All-Top listed blog, Management Excellence.

Art is also a jazz pianist with ten years of lessons as an adult and a stubborn tenacity that defies his complete lack of musical talent.

You can reach Art by e-mail or phone at 847.612.8420.

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