by Art Petty | Jan 9, 2025 | Bad managers and lousy leaders, Developing as a Senior Manager, Ideas for Leadership Success, Talking About Strategy, The Management System
Leaders charged with righting foundering organizations often claim “the culture is broken.” However, just as you cannot fix people, experience tells me that focusing on fixing a culture is a fool’s errand. Decision-making processes, communications, structure,...
by Art Petty | Oct 31, 2019 | Art of Managing, Career, Decision-Making, Leadership
Pressure-to-Produce Distorts the Decision-Process At some point, the Boeing 737 Max situation will be taught in b-schools as a case on ethics, decision-making, and leadership. For now, the situation is playing out via congressional testimony and the news media. On the...
by Art Petty | Nov 7, 2008 | Leadership, Leading Change
Count me as one of the last idealists. Or perhaps the last of the naïve idealists. In a world filled with Quality Management Systems and Performance Measurement techniques backed by legions of people trained to implement and sustain quality performance, it seems...
