by Art Petty | Jun 14, 2010 | Uncategorized
I’ve long believed that the best leaders are teachers. Not lecturers, but teachers. As teachers, they challenge us to think, to explore, to experiment, to learn and to keep trying. Good leaders encourage us to find joy and energy in the journey of discovery and they...
by Art Petty | Jun 14, 2010 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
Like the brother-in-law that you dodge at family gatherings to avoid his pitch on the latest “can’t fail, get rich quick” business scheme, some people are involved in a constant game of that childhood classic, Chutes and Ladders. Catch one ladder and you skip over...
by Art Petty | Jun 11, 2010 | Leadership
“That’s an important issue that you’ve raised, and we should talk about it and decide at the right time.” For this manager, it was never the right time. “I’m not making a decision until the facts are clear and I’m comfortable.” The facts were never quite clear enough...
by Art Petty | Jun 11, 2010 | Decision-Making, Leadership
Resources, Great Reads and Sound Bites for Your Summer Weekends Decisions, Decisions In spite of the unfortunate example/timing of BP as an effective decision-making company, the article, “The Decision Driven Organization,” by Marcia Blenko, Michael Mankins and Paul...
by Art Petty | Jun 10, 2010 | Uncategorized
Tom Peters, in his excellent and inspirational collection of little things that have a big impact (The Little Big Things-163 Ways to Pursue Excellence), reminds us how important our internal customers are to our success. We focus on external customers for all of the...
