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...
by Art Petty | May 30, 2017 | Emerging Leaders, High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Leading Change
We spend a great deal of time talking about what it takes to lead in business. Perhaps we should devote a bit more time to what it means to follow. There are no great leaders without effective followers. There are no successful transformations without effective...
by Art Petty | May 29, 2017 | Uncategorized
The best of our society are those brave men and women who selected service in support of country over self. Our way of life and our hope for the future rests on the foundation so many have labored so long and sacrificed so much for in our still young country. To those...