by Art Petty | Dec 22, 2009 | Uncategorized
The most effective leaders that I’ve observed, worked for, mentored and studied all have one thing in common. They have a deep regard for the impact of their role on others and they treat this responsibility like a precious gift, holding it in trust and preparing to...
by Art Petty | Dec 21, 2009 | Career, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
I’m as guilty as the next person of finding the impending resetting of the calendar a cathartic cleansing, where the failures of the past year are suddenly washed away and replaced by the empty and unknown space filled with promise and time stretching out in front of...
by Art Petty | Dec 17, 2009 | Career, Leadership
Thanks to everyone that joined the Management Excellence Newsletter list during the past view days! We succeeded in growing the already substantial list by a whopping 25% and I’m honored that so many of you joined. Now of course the burden is on me to live up...
by Art Petty | Dec 17, 2009 | Uncategorized
Note from Art: this post moved quickly from noble to possibly R-rated. For anyone offended by my move towards the slightly irreverent, quit reading now! As for the owners of Viagra, all copyrights and trademarks are clearly yours. “No one ever told me that before.”...
by Art Petty | Dec 16, 2009 | Strategy
Note from Art: this post is written from the perspective of U.S. industry and business. For my many overseas readers, I suspect that you face similar issues with slightly different context. Also, I’ve endeavored to not stray too far into the political arena on this...