by Art Petty | May 19, 2017 | Art of Managing, High Performance Management Teams, Leading Change
IBM is the latest firm to announce an end to remote working arrangements—a practice it popularized and enabled through its products and advertising. It seems there’s a trend, particularly in struggling companies ranging from Best Buy a few years ago, to Yahoo, and...
by Art Petty | Dec 9, 2015 | Art of Managing, Leadership, Strategy
Yahoo—a name left over from the boom and bust period of the dot.com world—has somehow managed to limp along in a world where many struggle to understand its value proposition. The financial markets vote with their valuations, and have recently concluded that the firm...
by Art Petty | Mar 10, 2013 | Art of Managing, Management Innovation
In the past two weeks there’s been a buzz in the world of business generated by two firms changing longstanding flexible working arrangements. Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer announced an end to the firm’s liberal telecommuting policy, and Best Buy CEO Hubert Joly tossed out...
