by Art Petty | Jan 8, 2024 | Art of Managing, Career, Challenging Conversations, Decision-Making, Emerging Leaders, Influence, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change, Management Innovation, Self-Development, Strategy, Think Differently
Striving to Level Up? Focus on “The Big Five” While today’s career world for many is about something other than “The Climb,” my coaching ranks and workshop programs are filled with individuals striving to scale their impact and, for many,...
by Art Petty | Jun 9, 2009 | Decision-Making, Leadership, Management Innovation
Gary Hamel offers a post well worth reading on “Why Success Often Sows the Seeds of Failure,” in his Management 2.0 blog at the Wall Street Journal. He takes some tough and well-earned shots at the narrow-minded thinking of executives that foments the eventual demise...
by Art Petty | Oct 20, 2008 | Decision-Making, Leadership, Leading Change
While some top executives err on the side of asserting a dictatorial style of leadership that poisons the working environment and stifles independent action, in my experience, many more struggle with just the opposite. Instead of overwhelming their associates with...
by Art Petty | Sep 26, 2008 | Product Management
I wear my respect on my shirt-sleeve for the many dedicated Product Management professionals that hold down what I believe is one of the most difficult and one of the most critical roles in today’s fast moving technology and B2B organizations. (See my post: In...
by Art Petty | Jul 21, 2008 | Leadership, Leading Change, Project Management, Strategy
Today’s post was stimulated by a great article in the July/August 2008 Harvard Business Review, The Competitive Imperative of Learning, where Professor Amy Edmonson of Harvard Business School outlines the differences between organizations that focus on execution as...