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...
by Art Petty | Apr 19, 2010 | Career, Leadership Caffeine
What do peers and managers perceive is unique about you in the workplace? What do you do so well, so uniquely that makes people stop and take notice? What’s your personal positioning strategy that meaningfully differentiates you from others in the minds of your...
by Art Petty | Apr 18, 2010 | Career, Leadership Caffeine
Note from Art: want to light a fire under yourself…make a big goal public. My long list of life-goals includes a few that are underlined and even circled to connote priority. Write one book per year is one of those that is double-underlined, circled and highlighted...
