by Art Petty | Sep 24, 2016 | Art of Managing, Career
Nearly 100 percent of the time my coaching and strategy consulting assignments bump up against the relationship issue as an obstacle. Not my relationship with the client, but rather somewhere in the client environment, an important relationship that is so...
by Art Petty | Sep 18, 2016 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
It’s easy given the current corporate news stream to let your mind wander and wonder if the new model for “effective” leadership is characterized by a win-at-all-costs approach. The old model that emphasized character and values seems to have been outmuscled in favor...
by Art Petty | Sep 10, 2016 | Leadership
There must be more words generated on the topic of leadership than any other topic in business. Next to dieting (and maybe that other subject), it is the world’s largest self-help topic. It’s also mostly practiced poorly. (Much like that sentence is constructed.) If...
by Art Petty | Aug 28, 2016 | Art of Managing, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Strategy
“Past performance is an indicator of future success.” While our financial documents state just the opposite as it relates to investment performance, we run our organizations as if it were a hard fast rule. In many circumstances, it’s a trap. Any recent job...
by Art Petty | Aug 24, 2016 | Career, High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Project Management
I continue to be slightly amazed and always humbled at the reception to my book/article collection, “Leadership Caffeine: Ideas to Energize Your Professional Development.” Today is the sixth anniversary of the publication this work, and the content on...