http://artpetty.com Leadership, Management and Professional Development Tue, 22 May 2012 11:58:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 copyright by Art Petty, 2011 art.petty@artpetty.com (Art Petty) art.petty@artpetty.com (Art Petty) 1440 http://artpetty.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Lcpodcast144x144.png http://artpetty.com 144 144 http://artpetty.com/feed/podcast Leadership Caffeine Podcast 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. Caffene, Ldrshp, Profesional, Dev, Ledership, Ldrshp, Caffeine, Proff'l, Dev Art Petty Art Petty art.petty@artpetty.com no no http://artpetty.com/2012/01/17/its-always-about-leadership/ http://artpetty.com/2012/01/17/its-always-about-leadership/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:47:11 +0000 Art Petty http://artpetty.com/?p=6923 Leaders step up during times of crisis. This is where people in positions of responsibility finally earn the right to the “L” label. Unfortunately, in this instance, much like just about every other crisis we’ve created or viewed, leadership seems to take a holiday, replaced by “everyone for himself” and “it’s not my fault.”

]]> http://artpetty.com/2012/01/17/its-always-about-leadership/feed/ 7 http://artpetty.com/2009/10/18/leadership-caffeine-surviving-as-a-leader-when-things-go-horribly-wrong/ http://artpetty.com/2009/10/18/leadership-caffeine-surviving-as-a-leader-when-things-go-horribly-wrong/#comments Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:10:47 +0000 Art Petty http://artpetty.com/?p=2770 When faced with unexpected challenges, a good friend of mine intones what I believe is a fitting old Yiddish quote, “Man Plans and God Laughs.” Our modern incarnation of that is a less reverent but eminently understandable, “Stuff Happens.” My word choice here is the less frequently referenced “S-word” from this common phrase. Learning to cope with the unexpected deviation from your most carefully laid plans is an important part of growing up as a leader. Here are 7 suggestions for developing your crisis leadership skills.

]]> http://artpetty.com/2009/10/18/leadership-caffeine-surviving-as-a-leader-when-things-go-horribly-wrong/feed/ 17 http://artpetty.com/2009/01/04/the-first-work-week-of-january-2009-once-again-into-the-storm/ http://artpetty.com/2009/01/04/the-first-work-week-of-january-2009-once-again-into-the-storm/#comments Sun, 04 Jan 2009 15:03:54 +0000 Art Petty http://artpetty.com/?p=842 Welcome to the first work week of 2009. There are no more opportunities to hide behind the holidays. It’s time to face the worst economy of our lives head on with a steely resolve to overcome and succeed. It's also time to quit preoccupying on the negative news that bombards us and to focus on generating victories.

]]> http://artpetty.com/2009/01/04/the-first-work-week-of-january-2009-once-again-into-the-storm/feed/ 1 http://artpetty.com/2008/12/21/sixty-years-of-deming-and-american-managers-forgot-to-pay-attention/ http://artpetty.com/2008/12/21/sixty-years-of-deming-and-american-managers-forgot-to-pay-attention/#comments Mon, 22 Dec 2008 01:01:15 +0000 Art Petty http://artpetty.com/?p=731 Dr. Deming indicated that he hoped one of his life’s accomplishments was to keep American companies from committing suicide. The public spectacle of Detroit and Wall Street committing suicide in the same quarter would indicate that he failed in his mission. Deming’s Theory of Profound Knowledge and 14 points offered (and still do) keys to many of the answers. They are not prescriptive, but rather they combine to create a philosophical approach to running a business, that if adhered to, will stand a chance of succeeding for customers, workers and partners on a global stage.

]]> http://artpetty.com/2008/12/21/sixty-years-of-deming-and-american-managers-forgot-to-pay-attention/feed/ 7 http://artpetty.com/2008/12/02/the-counterintuitive-nature-of-management-excellence/ http://artpetty.com/2008/12/02/the-counterintuitive-nature-of-management-excellence/#comments Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:35:41 +0000 Art Petty http://artpetty.com/?p=469 It takes no management skill whatsoever to spend a fortune building up clicks and it definitely takes no skill to slash budgets, cut headcount, freeze programs and hunker down and wait out the storm. It does take remarkable management courage and skill to run against the crowd and conventional wisdom by investing in strategic initiatives and talent during tough times and resisting the temptation to chase mythical fortunes during boom times.

]]> http://artpetty.com/2008/12/02/the-counterintuitive-nature-of-management-excellence/feed/ 2 http://artpetty.com/2008/11/07/does-your-dashboard-of-performance-measurements-include-a-warning-light/ http://artpetty.com/2008/11/07/does-your-dashboard-of-performance-measurements-include-a-warning-light/#comments Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:18:33 +0000 Art Petty http://artpetty.com/2008/11/07/does-your-dashboard-of-performance-measurements-include-a-warning-light/ In discussions and lectures with the up and coming generation of leaders, there is widespread cynicism over the intentions and the capabilities of many of their firm’s senior leaders. There is little faith expressed that their leaders understand their firm’s key drivers and little confidence that the leaders are taking actions and measuring performance based on anything other than preconceived notions of what they think is right. Fewer organizations than you might think are doing anything to engender employee satisfaction…which is ironic given the mountains of data that indicate that employee satisfaction flows through to customer satisfaction and strong financial performance. This current generation of senior leaders is failing, and the very imbalanced scorecard is visible all around us

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