by Art Petty | May 5, 2010 | Decision-Making, Leadership, Project Management, Strategy
Jocelyn R. Davis and Tom Atkinson offer some compelling thoughts on strategy in their article, “Need Speed? Slow Down,” in the May, 2010 Harvard Business Review. They describe the concept of strategic speed as one of reducing the time it takes to create...
by Art Petty | May 3, 2010 | Career, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
Fresh from a weekend of rediscovering the lawn and gardening muscles that clearly took the winter off, I found myself happy that I was able to quickly access freshly sharpened, well-oiled tools. As any good tradesman or craftsman (or weekend gardener) will tell you,...
by Art Petty | May 2, 2010 | Career, Leadership, Leading Change
One of the best leadership public services you will find is Dan McCarthy’s hard work to produce the monthly Leadership Development Carnivals. Dan scours the world far and wide for compelling content designed to inspire, energize and challenge you to step up your...
by Art Petty | Apr 28, 2010 | Uncategorized
It’s finally cycling season here in the Chicago area! After a long winter of not taking my road bike into the shop for a tune-up , I recently rolled it in on a busy Saturday, when the owner and crew were fully engaged at a break-neck pace selling bicycles and writing...
by Art Petty | Apr 26, 2010 | Career, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
Consider these frequently overheard refrains from two different leaders: Leader 1: “That’s great! Congratulations! How do we do more of that?” Leader 2: “That’s broken and we need to fix it right away.” We have all met both of these characters. One sees opportunity...
