by Art Petty | Jul 28, 2013 | Career, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
Part of growing up as a leader involves letting the people you’ve supported and coached, sometimes from day one of their careers, move on to new opportunities inside and outside the organization. While it’s always tough to lose a talented team member, this is in large...
by Art Petty | Jul 26, 2013 | Career
In the course of my work coaching, managing and hiring, I encounter far too many individuals who have nothing to point to when it comes to skills development and continuing education. How you answer these questions speaks volumes about you as a professional. Four...
by Art Petty | Jul 25, 2013 | Art of Managing, Leadership, Management Innovation, Strategy
Good to great near-term numbers have lured many a management team into focusing on the near-term at the expense of their firm’s long-term health. While it’s counter-intuitive to think that good results are potentially unhealthy, consider: Today’s...
by Art Petty | Jul 22, 2013 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Management Innovation, Strategy
We all know and live with the distractions that pull us from our true priorities. From the personal issues that tug at us while we’re striving to work and live, to the endless number of workplace distractions, focus often seems like an abstract concept. A bit of daily...
by Art Petty | Jul 18, 2013 | Career, Just One Thing
I confess to having not used the descriptor “smarty pants” since sometime before I turned 11, but I was reminded of it the other day in a Wall Street Journal article on the potential nomination of economist, Larry Summers, to the Chairmanship of the Federal Reserve....
