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...
by Art Petty | Apr 23, 2010 | Career, Leadership
A few weeks ago, I published a post on “Jumpstart Your Marketing Reading to Restart Your Brain.” The post was ostensibly in response to my frustration over what I view as out-of-of-tune and out-of-touch textbooks that are used in college marketing courses. Ditto on...
by Art Petty | Apr 21, 2010 | Leadership, Management Innovation
Note from Art: This post is intended to push you in the direction of thinking about “what if?” and “why not?” and “how?” If you’re not thinking about possibilities and new approaches, you’re not really thinking. Anyone...