by Art Petty | Nov 10, 2011 | Leadership Caffeine Podcast
There are fewer points in time in a leader’s life more important than the start-up phase. Whether you are an experienced leader taking over a new team or a first-time leader getting started with your group, the early few weeks and months set the tone and tenor...
by Art Petty | Nov 8, 2011 | Strategy
Strategy…the discussions…the decisions and of course, the execution, is hard work filled with ample opportunities to misstep. From revisiting and updating the underlying assumptions about your business, markets and competitors, to the vexing issues of deciding what to...
by Art Petty | Nov 7, 2011 | Leadership
The November Leadership Development Carnival is now live at Great Leadership. Dan McCarthy, the Blogger in Chief at Great Leadership provides a wonderful public service for all of us with his hard work in pulling together and producing these events. Check out this...
by Art Petty | Oct 31, 2011 | Leadership Caffeine
The Leader as Critic is one of the most toxic, idea-crushing characters you’ll ever find in the workplace. This individual mistakenly assumes that title confers a License to Kill (perceived bad ideas) and he/she takes pride in shooting down ideas to protect people and...
by Art Petty | Oct 25, 2011 | Leadership Caffeine
Note from Art: no businesses were hurt in the writing of this post. Also, thanks to my good colleagues for agreeing to let me share a few of their thoughts and ideas in this post. Fresh off of my recent podcast interview with Geoffrey Moore on his new book,...