by Art Petty | Oct 4, 2009 | Career, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
Everyone loves a winner. As a society, we like watching and reading about winners. We worship our sports heroes and we study and celebrate the great victories of history. Hundreds of millions of people around the globe watch the Super Bowl every year, but only 5 or...
by Art Petty | Oct 4, 2009 | Career, Leadership, Leading Change
Becky Robinson, the articulate and highly engaging author of one of my favorite blogs, Leader Talk, has posted the October edition of the always exciting and thought-provoking Leadership Development Carnival. She appropriately names this one the Endurance Edition, in...
by Art Petty | Oct 2, 2009 | Career, Decision-Making
I know an awful lot of talented, hard-working people talking about or rehearsing for the process of reinventing their professional selves. This is the silent epidemic taking place in people over 40 that doesn’t garner the same level of attention as our anticipated flu...
by Art Petty | Oct 1, 2009 | Career, Leadership
Note from Art: my week of alternative blog fare continues with this very autobiographical reflection on the formation of my later life leadership viewpoints! What about your early work life has shaped your style today? As a college student way back in the 80’s, I had...
by Art Petty | Sep 30, 2009 | Decision-Making, Leadership, Leading Change, Marketing, Product Management, Strategy
Note from Art: Leadership is about driving the right results in the right way. We often focus on the interpersonal dynamics of leadership and the characteristics and behaviors of effective leaders. And while those issues are critically important to a firm’s...