by Art Petty | Apr 9, 2012 | Leadership Caffeine
We tend to love our life and work routines. They are comfortable and comforting. In the workplace, “creating routines” almost seems to be the goal for some managers. It’s an attempt to bring order to our little corner of the organization. Managers do management things...
by Art Petty | Apr 4, 2012 | Uncategorized
I’m erring on the side of sharing a little more rather than a little less on some of the work going on here. A few days ago, I highlighted upcoming changes. Last night, the new format for the site went live, although much work continues on content refinement and...
by Art Petty | Apr 4, 2012 | Leadership Caffeine Podcast
Bob Frisch is one smart professional, with some great guidance for senior managers and CEO’s in his new book: “Who’s In the Room? How Great Leaders Structure and Manage the Teams Around Them.” His lifetime experience as a strategy consultant...
by Art Petty | Apr 2, 2012 | Decision-Making, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
The next time an employee or a group is looking to you to make a tough decision, you might want to screw up your courage, boldly look at them and…say nothing. Teaching others to employ effective decision-making processes is one of the most important and often ignored...
by Art Petty | Apr 1, 2012 | Uncategorized
Much like the orange road construction signs springing up like dandelions on a Chicago lawn in April, you’ll notice some construction challenges here at artpetty.com and the Management Excellence blog. We are in the process of updating the website and it is...
