by Art Petty | Oct 6, 2009 | Career, Leadership
Note from Art: It’s always fun when a post strikes a chord and compels someone to comment or even put hands to keyboard and crank out a guest post. Last week’s “Leadership Lessons Learned In a Crane and Sitting on a 5 Gallon Pail” drew upon...
by Art Petty | Oct 4, 2009 | Career, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
Everyone loves a winner. As a society, we like watching and reading about winners. We worship our sports heroes and we study and celebrate the great victories of history. Hundreds of millions of people around the globe watch the Super Bowl every year, but only 5 or...
by Art Petty | Aug 18, 2009 | Career, Leadership
(And then do the opposite!) Note from Art: I’m hoping (a bad strategy) that the popularization of the “B” word by director Quentin Tarantino and his forthcoming movie “Inglorious Basterds” (with an e?) has desensitized most of us to that harsh term and...
by Art Petty | Jul 13, 2009 | Career, Decision-Making, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change
My biggest mistakes as a leader occurred as a result of spending way too much time attempting to change two people. I was young, new to the formal leadership scene and convinced that with my help and guidance, these two talented individuals would certainly shed their...
by Eric Lieberman | Mar 26, 2009 | Career, Leadership, Management Innovation
Note from Art: It is a pleasure and a privilege to have Eric Lieberman publishing his Management Lessons from the Memphis Belle as a guest author here at Management Excellence. I had the pleasure of working for Eric and the co-creator of the Rules, Paul Byrne, and it...
