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...
by Art Petty | Mar 30, 2012 | Marketing, Strategy
It amazes and disappoints me all at the same time how many businesses have no clue what their customers really need from them. This problem is epidemic in the technology world (consumer electronics and business technology) in particular, where feature, function and...
by Art Petty | Mar 28, 2012 | Leadership, Project Management, Strategy
“In high-performance teams, the leaders managed the principles and the principles managed the teams.” –Carl Larson and Frank LaFasto via Jim Highsmith in Agile Project Management-Creating Innovative Products. Larson and LaFasto in their assessment of high performance...
by Art Petty | Mar 26, 2012 | Career, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
Just say “No” to the post-work invite from the team to join them for a beer. While you’ll feel torn because you enjoy social time as much as the next person, pay attention to that little voice in your mind trying to get your attention with, “You shouldn’t, you’re the...
