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	<title>Management Excellence &#187; Strategy</title>
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	<description>Art Petty on Leadership, Management and Professional Development</description>
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	<itunes:summary>Host Art Petty interviews leaders, leadership authors, management thinkers and other professionals about creating high performance teams and organizations and developing effective leaders at all levels, during this weekly program. The goal is to share practical, powerful ideas to help listeners improve their performance and the performance of their teams and organizations.</itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:author>Art Petty</itunes:author>
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		<title>Lessons in Management Innovation from Main Street</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2012/02/08/lessons-in-management-innovation-from-main-street/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Competitive Advantage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Main Street Entrepreneurs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Management Innovation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[During the past few years, I’ve marveled at the start-ups and small to mid-sized businesses in my community who didn’t need an army of consultants or MBAs to teach them the very relevant and important lessons that Reeves and Deimler share in their recent Harvard Business Review article, "Adaptability-The New Competitive Advantage." <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://artpetty.com/2012/02/08/lessons-in-management-innovation-from-main-street/' addthis:title='Lessons in Management Innovation from Main Street ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>No One Asked My Opinion&#8230;But $100 Billion for What?</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2012/02/01/no-one-asked-my-opinion-but-100-billion-for-what/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:29:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dot Com Bust]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facebook IBO]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As of this writing, the world is abuzz with the expected Facebook IPO. The number $100 billion is being floated and passed around (probably by those who stand to benefit from a big IPO), and whether real or wild speculation, that’s a number that gives one cause to pause. This is beginning to feel like Déjà vu all over again (thanks, Yogi Berra), much like that fascinating period in the late ‘90’s when stratospheric valuations were applied to firms that had no products, no earnings and sometimes no revenues.<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://artpetty.com/2012/02/01/no-one-asked-my-opinion-but-100-billion-for-what/' addthis:title='No One Asked My Opinion&#8230;But $100 Billion for What? ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Strategy-Towards Hypotheses, Experiments, Involvement &amp; Learning</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2012/01/25/strategy-towards-hypotheses-experiments-involvement-learning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:22:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leading Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employee Involvement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Learning Organization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strategy execution]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Few would argue that a nimble, quick-to-learn and quick-to-adapt organization is a bad thing. Given the rate of change in our world, those characteristics are increasingly table-stakes for survival and success. Why then has the approach to strategy and the notion of “strategic planning” in so many organizations remained mired in a 1960’s kind of static, top-down event-focused model? Here are six ideas to transform your organization's approach to and effectiveness with strategy.  <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://artpetty.com/2012/01/25/strategy-towards-hypotheses-experiments-involvement-learning/' addthis:title='Strategy-Towards Hypotheses, Experiments, Involvement &#38; Learning ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>3 Key Strategy Questions to Ask Your Teams Regularly</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2011/11/29/3-key-strategy-questions-to-ask-your-teams-regularly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:49:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Key Strategy Questions for Everyday Use]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In my experience, the management teams that lead the best performing businesses are those that incorporate at least three key strategic questions into almost every operational and status discussion. The gross majority of the dialogue in an organization is about How, and Who and When and the important What and Why issues are left for strategy meetings and other “high-level” discussions. While understandable in the hectic pace of the workday, the shortage of these important What and Why discussions reinforces a dangerous form of operational myopia, where the underlying and unspoken assumption is: If we simply get this done, we’ll be better off as a firm<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://artpetty.com/2011/11/29/3-key-strategy-questions-to-ask-your-teams-regularly/' addthis:title='3 Key Strategy Questions to Ask Your Teams Regularly ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Ten Places Where Management Teams Misstep on Strategy</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2011/11/08/ten-places-where-management-teams-misstep-on-strategy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:56:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Management and Strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strategy Process Traps]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Strategy…the discussions…the decisions and of course, the execution, is hard work filled with ample opportunities to misstep. From revisiting and updating the underlying assumptions about your business, markets and competitors, to the vexing issues of deciding what to do and what not to do, it’s no surprise that many management teams avoid this work and focus more on incremental operations planning and improvement. However, for those who are courageous enough to go down this important path and do the heavy lifting, here are my top 10 pitfalls and speed bumps to avoid during your journey. 10 Places Where Management Teams Misstep on Strategy...<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://artpetty.com/2011/11/08/ten-places-where-management-teams-misstep-on-strategy/' addthis:title='Ten Places Where Management Teams Misstep on Strategy ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Management and Leadership Week in Review for Oct 21, 2011</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2011/10/21/management-and-leadership-week-in-review-for-oct-21-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://artpetty.com/2011/10/21/management-and-leadership-week-in-review-for-oct-21-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 16:06:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Current Voices]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Management Resources]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This week's selections include content on The Great Tech War of 2012, ideas for strengthening your coaching skills, insight into three critical leadership skills and a book that offers something for all of us as we try to escape the pull of the past in our organizations. <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://artpetty.com/2011/10/21/management-and-leadership-week-in-review-for-oct-21-2011/' addthis:title='Management and Leadership Week in Review for Oct 21, 2011 ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership Caffeine: Speed Kills-10 Situations to Call a Timeout</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2011/10/17/leadership-caffeine-speed-kills-10-situations-to-call-a-timeout/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:15:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership Caffeine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Performance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Decision Making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership Skills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Speed]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Somewhere on the way to this world we now live and work in, “speed” became a proxy for success.  Speed is undoubtedly important, but beware relying on it as the sole indicator of effectiveness.  It’s a cruel tyrant, demanding fealty from followers, while discouraging critical and deep thinking and focusing solely on time-to-response as a metric of success. Here are at least 10 situations where you should resist the need for speed and call a timeout:<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://artpetty.com/2011/10/17/leadership-caffeine-speed-kills-10-situations-to-call-a-timeout/' addthis:title='Leadership Caffeine: Speed Kills-10 Situations to Call a Timeout ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Escaping the Gravitational Pull of the Past</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2011/10/05/escaping-the-gravitational-pull-of-the-past/</link>
		<comments>http://artpetty.com/2011/10/05/escaping-the-gravitational-pull-of-the-past/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:10:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leading Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Changing the Business Model]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corporate Reinvention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Struggle to Change]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you work in a firm struggling to redefine itself and maintain its relevance in this changing world, you’re not alone. You’re also involved in a battle for your firm’s life.  <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://artpetty.com/2011/10/05/escaping-the-gravitational-pull-of-the-past/' addthis:title='Escaping the Gravitational Pull of the Past ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Why It&#8217;s Time to Ditch Your Plans for the Summer Strategy Off-Site</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2011/06/08/why-its-time-to-ditch-your-plans-for-the-summer-strategy-off-site/</link>
		<comments>http://artpetty.com/2011/06/08/why-its-time-to-ditch-your-plans-for-the-summer-strategy-off-site/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 13:51:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Improving Strategy Execution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Organizational Learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strategy process]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Strategy Off-Site]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the symbolism of the annual off-site strategy event to the cost to the fact that strategic thinking time is reduced to a once or twice a year event, this approach is anachronistic in a world with markets and conditions changing daily. In twenty years of these things with some great people and great businesses, I’ve yet to see anything come out of these meetings that changed our businesses. I will offer that they did allow for another layer of vetting and idea absorption. Nonetheless, the heavy lifting took place with others outside of the cozy confines of a resort or hotel meeting room. It's time to ditch the annual strategy off-site.  <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://artpetty.com/2011/06/08/why-its-time-to-ditch-your-plans-for-the-summer-strategy-off-site/' addthis:title='Why It&#8217;s Time to Ditch Your Plans for the Summer Strategy Off-Site ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Frontline Leaders Help Our Firms Go and Grow</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2011/05/11/frontline-leaders-help-our-firms-go-and-grow/</link>
		<comments>http://artpetty.com/2011/05/11/frontline-leaders-help-our-firms-go-and-grow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 13:37:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Importance of Frontline Leaders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strategy execution]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Great frontline leaders create great experiences for their employees. This flows immediately and directly to customers.  And then it flows to the top and bottom lines. <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://artpetty.com/2011/05/11/frontline-leaders-help-our-firms-go-and-grow/' addthis:title='Frontline Leaders Help Our Firms Go and Grow ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership Caffeine: Motivate with Context</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2011/04/25/leadership-caffeine-motivate-with-context/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:15:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Surviving Lousy Leaders]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Motivation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We waste fortunes inside our organizations on misguided programs and oddball incentives, seeking ways to motivate and inspire people to work hard, innovate, create, care and to live up to their potential, when the real solution is literally on the tip of our tongues. Here are 5 ideas for curing Context Deficit Disorder: <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://artpetty.com/2011/04/25/leadership-caffeine-motivate-with-context/' addthis:title='Leadership Caffeine: Motivate with Context ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Coming Soon: A Saturday Serial &amp; A View from the Millennial Perspective</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2011/02/19/coming-soon-a-saturday-serial-a-view-from-the-millennial-perspective/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Feb 2011 14:23:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the next few weeks, I will kick off two new features here on the blog. The first will be a Saturday Management Serial...an on-going story involving fictional firms and companies and the buffet of leadership, management and business issues that require solving by you, the readers. The second new feature will offer a view from the youngest generation in the workforce on the realities of leading, managing and developing a career. We've heard a great deal from the 40-something management group on the challenges of leading the generations...now, we'll hear the story from the other side of the age fence. Coming soon!  <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://artpetty.com/2011/02/19/coming-soon-a-saturday-serial-a-view-from-the-millennial-perspective/' addthis:title='Coming Soon: A Saturday Serial &#38; A View from the Millennial Perspective ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Want to Change the World? Don&#8217;t Forget to Build Your Business Model</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2011/01/12/want-to-change-the-world-dont-forget-to-build-your-business-model/</link>
		<comments>http://artpetty.com/2011/01/12/want-to-change-the-world-dont-forget-to-build-your-business-model/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 13:37:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past few weeks, I’ve connected with some brilliant individuals in multiple entrepreneurial organizations.  In every instance, I heard some form of “We want to change the world” as these high-energy individuals described their ideas and their motivation. I love “change the world ideas” put forth by people passionate about doing something new, doing something better and helping others along the way. There’s no way I can avoid cheering for these teams. However, I can worry for them. Here's why... <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://artpetty.com/2011/01/12/want-to-change-the-world-dont-forget-to-build-your-business-model/' addthis:title='Want to Change the World? Don&#8217;t Forget to Build Your Business Model ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Management Week in Review-January 7, 2011</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2011/01/07/management-week-in-review-january-7-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://artpetty.com/2011/01/07/management-week-in-review-january-7-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 15:08:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Professional Growth]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fresh Voices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lessons from 2010]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my professional goals this year is to do a better job sharing insights and perspectives from a broad range of great leadership and management writers and thinkers.  Every Friday, I will share my three favorites for the week.  This week, I'm including content on transforming yourself, testing your strategy and turning some of the disasters of 2010 into great lessons for 2011. Enjoy!<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://artpetty.com/2011/01/07/management-week-in-review-january-7-2011/' addthis:title='Management Week in Review-January 7, 2011 ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Rethinking Idea Generation</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2011/01/05/rethinking-idea-generation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 00:55:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Idea generation is core to everything we do in our organizations. It's too bad that we've been going about it all wrong! <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://artpetty.com/2011/01/05/rethinking-idea-generation/' addthis:title='Rethinking Idea Generation ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Management Excellence Book Review: Management? It&#8217;s Not What You Think</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2010/12/11/management-excellence-book-review-management-its-not-what-you-think/</link>
		<comments>http://artpetty.com/2010/12/11/management-excellence-book-review-management-its-not-what-you-think/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Dec 2010 16:19:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I confess to having a proclivity for essay collections when it comes to reading about management. Essays move along quickly and they offer the reader the opportunity to capture quick sound bites over breakfast, on the train or in other ideal reading rooms.  Also, there’s the reality that many management books struggle to adequately fill the space between the book-covers, offering up their best in the introduction, the first chapter and the wrap-up chapter. Here are my thoughts on: Management? It's Not What You Think! by Henry Mintzberg, Bruce Ahlstrand and Joseph Lampel. 
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		<title>Management Excellence Book Series: Six Disciplines Execution Revolution with Gary Harpst</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2010/12/08/management-excellence-book-series-six-disciplines-execution-revolution-with-gary-harpst/</link>
		<comments>http://artpetty.com/2010/12/08/management-excellence-book-series-six-disciplines-execution-revolution-with-gary-harpst/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 14:55:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I started this book series to share the insights and approaches of some truly sharp people on solving vexing business problems. This particular interview with Gary Harpst, author of,  Six Disciplines Execution Revolution and the earlier Six Disciplines for Excellence, taps into Gary's hard won, practical experience and his great ideas on helping small and mid-sized businesses deal with strategy execution.  Enjoy the thoughtful, actionable and experience-tested guidance from Gary in our podcast interview! <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://artpetty.com/2010/12/08/management-excellence-book-series-six-disciplines-execution-revolution-with-gary-harpst/' addthis:title='Management Excellence Book Series: Six Disciplines Execution Revolution with Gary Harpst ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<itunes:subtitle>I started this book series to share the insights and approaches of some truly sharp people on solving vexing business problems. This particular interview with Gary Harpst, author of,  Six Disciplines Execution Revolution and the earlier Six Discipli[...]</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>I started this book series to share the insights and approaches of some truly sharp people on solving vexing business problems. This particular interview with Gary Harpst, author of,  Six Disciplines Execution Revolution and the earlier Six Disciplines for Excellence, taps into Gary's hard won, practical experience and his great ideas on helping small and mid-sized businesses deal with strategy execution.  Enjoy the thoughtful, actionable and experience-tested guidance from Gary in our podcast interview!</itunes:summary>
		<itunes:keywords>Leadership, Performance, Strategy</itunes:keywords>
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		<title>10 of My Favorite Dumb Ass Management Mistakes</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2010/12/07/10-of-my-favorite-dumb-ass-management-mistakes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 15:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the spirit of my post, “At Least 20 Things to Stop Doing as a Leader,” which has grown well north of 50 thanks to a deluge of reader comments, I’m back with a list of some insanely stupid and all-too-common management mistakes. These focus more on the decisions, actions or inactions that contribute to creating even bigger problems. While I’ve remained on the positive side of the law here (felons, you’ve had your day!), some of these mistakes are truly criminal. Please feel free to chime in with your additions.
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		<title>Marketers: 4 Ideas to Avoid Falling Victim to The Felt Need</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2010/10/26/marketers-4-ideas-to-avoid-falling-victim-to-the-felt-need/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 13:04:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The article, “The Felt Need” by Dan and Chip Heath in the November, 2010 issue of Fast Company is worth the price of the annual subscription for it’s reminder value alone. The Heaths tackle a topic that just about all of us involved in selling, marketing or strategy have succumbed to at some point in our careers: the felt need versus the burning need. Here are four ideas to avoid being victimized by "The Felt Need." <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://artpetty.com/2010/10/26/marketers-4-ideas-to-avoid-falling-victim-to-the-felt-need/' addthis:title='Marketers: 4 Ideas to Avoid Falling Victim to The Felt Need ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership Caffeine: Let Your Questions Be Their Guide</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2010/09/27/leadership-caffeine-let-your-questions-be-their-guide/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:52:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The art of asking questions is a leadership power tool. A good question from a leader is like a pebble thrown into a pond. While the splash occurs at the impact point, the question encourages people to think experiment and even innovate, long after the initial asking.<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://artpetty.com/2010/09/27/leadership-caffeine-let-your-questions-be-their-guide/' addthis:title='Leadership Caffeine: Let Your Questions Be Their Guide ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>The Importance of Strategy Fueled Leadership</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2010/09/09/the-importance-of-strategy-fueled-leadership/</link>
		<comments>http://artpetty.com/2010/09/09/the-importance-of-strategy-fueled-leadership/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve written on the topic of Strategy Fueled Leadership  several times, and fresh off of a great podcast interview with Gary Harpst, author of Six Disciplines Execution Revolution (stay tuned for my posting) and my recent interview with Jocelyn Davis for Strategic Speed, I am on my soapbox again.  It is critical to link leadership with strategy and vice-versa and the failure to do this is one of the root causes of strategy and execution failure in organizations.<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://artpetty.com/2010/09/09/the-importance-of-strategy-fueled-leadership/' addthis:title='The Importance of Strategy Fueled Leadership ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Management Excellence Book Series Podcast: Strategic Speed</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2010/08/31/management-excellence-book-series-podcast-strategic-speed/</link>
		<comments>http://artpetty.com/2010/08/31/management-excellence-book-series-podcast-strategic-speed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:25:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had the good fortune to connect recently with Jocelyn Davis, one of the co-authors (along with Henry Frechette, Jr., and Edwin Boswell) of Strategic Speed, for an interview, where we discussed the high failure rate of strategies, the meaning of "strategic speed," and a number of other issues important to anyone interested in improving strategy execution. Jocelyn's insights into the book and the world of strategy and leadership were fascinating.<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://artpetty.com/2010/08/31/management-excellence-book-series-podcast-strategic-speed/' addthis:title='Management Excellence Book Series Podcast: Strategic Speed ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<itunes:subtitle>I had the good fortune to connect recently with Jocelyn Davis, one of the co-authors (along with Henry Frechette, Jr., and Edwin Boswell) of Strategic Speed, for an interview, where we discussed the high failure rate of strategies, the meaning of "s[...]</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>I had the good fortune to connect recently with Jocelyn Davis, one of the co-authors (along with Henry Frechette, Jr., and Edwin Boswell) of Strategic Speed, for an interview, where we discussed the high failure rate of strategies, the meaning of "strategic speed," and a number of other issues important to anyone interested in improving strategy execution. Jocelyn's insights into the book and the world of strategy and leadership were fascinating.</itunes:summary>
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		<title>The Career Enhancing Benefits of Message Mapping</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2010/08/04/the-career-enhancing-benefits-of-message-mapping/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 14:06:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Critical communication situations demand crystal clarity. With apologies for my abusive but personally amusing alliteration above, I’m banging the drum again on the need for all of us to carefully form and frame our messages before we open our mouths and trip on our tongues.
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		<title>The Triple Threat to Good Decisions: Data, Time and Emotion</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2010/07/22/the-triple-threat-to-good-decisions-data-time-and-emotion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:07:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are few situations more challenging to teams than dealing with a tough, emotionally-charged issue and decision-choice while facing significant time pressure and seemingly contradictory data. If that type of situation sounds uncommon or unrealistic, consider that many firms and management teams make critical priority calls and strategic choices under just such circumstances.  The decision to launch Challenger was a prime example, with all three factors playing a huge role in this tragic call.  Countless corporate strategic misfires owe their outcome to this triple-threat of data, time and emotion. While many situations don’t involve life-safety issues, this triple-threat is something that every manager should be critically sensitive to in their group and strategic decision-making.<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://artpetty.com/2010/07/22/the-triple-threat-to-good-decisions-data-time-and-emotion/' addthis:title='The Triple Threat to Good Decisions: Data, Time and Emotion ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>6 Steps for Avoiding Groupthink on Your Team</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2010/07/08/6-steps-for-avoiding-groupthink-on-your-team/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 13:20:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Groupthink is one of the nefarious decision-making missteps of teams, and a trap that many smart people and groups have fallen victim to throughout history. From the classic example cited in nearly every discussion on decision-making, the Kennedy administration’s Bay of Pigs fiasco, to Ford’s launch of the Edsel, to Neviille Chamberlin’s inner circle that believed peace with Hitler was at hand, Groupthink has earned a prominent place in our culture. And while you might not be planning an invasion or negotiation with evil dictators or planning on launching an ugly automobile, chances are that Groupthink has show up from time to time in your professional world.<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://artpetty.com/2010/07/08/6-steps-for-avoiding-groupthink-on-your-team/' addthis:title='6 Steps for Avoiding Groupthink on Your Team ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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