by Art Petty | Jun 13, 2017 | Emerging Leaders, Leadership
I love observing highly competent professionals in action. Whether they are preparing breakfast over a sizzling grill, performing surgery, or turning a challenging customer into a raving fan, there’s nothing more inspiring than observing someone who is great at her...
by Art Petty | Jun 10, 2017 | Art of Managing, Decision-Making, First Time Manager Series
New(er) managers often step all over this issue of fixing people. I know I did. Twice. Both situations ended in disasters. The lesson: it’s never your job to fix a difficult employee. It turns out that regardless of your great intentions, powers of moral...
by Art Petty | Jun 8, 2017 | Leadership
Loyalty is an odd concept. On the surface, it sounds good. We’re loyal to teams. At least historically, we’ve been loyal to political parties and candidates. However, beware when a leader demands your loyalty. The price of this loyalty may be more than you...
by Art Petty | Jun 2, 2017 | Art of Managing, Decision-Making, Leadership
Years ago, I worked for two executives at the same time. They could not have been more different, especially when it came to the pace of decision-making. One ran sales. The other ran marketing, support and product management. They didn’t like each other. At all. It...
by Art Petty | Jun 1, 2017 | Emerging Leaders, Leading Change
I’ve never met a CEO who was confident her organization was generating the leadership talent necessary to meet the needs of their changing business. The shortage of emerging leadership talent in a world seemingly mad with change and disruption is the stuff of...
