by Art Petty | Jun 23, 2009 | Leadership, Leading Change, Strategy
You learn a great deal about an organization’s current state, near-term prospects and about the health and effectiveness of a firm’s leaders by looking for and listening to the quality of the conversations in the working environment. Visit and spend time with the...
by Art Petty | Jun 22, 2009 | Career, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
Note from Art: I read Mark Raymo’s inspirational e-Newsletter, Light4theWeek, every Monday morning and enjoy it so much that I asked him if I could share it with my blog readers. Mark agreed and what follows below is one of my favorite shorts in his great and...
by Art Petty | Jun 18, 2009 | Career, Marketing
Still reeling from my losing battle with the apologetic sales rep from Big Telco, I went searching for solace and inspiration from the many great writers that I follow. Two posts from two professionals in very different fields stood out as particularly thought...
by Art Petty | Jun 17, 2009 | Marketing
Apologies are everywhere these days. I wrote a post on leaders and apologies last week, and this week, Letterman is in the news apologizing to Sarah Palin for a joke that went awry. Yesterday, as I prepared to get even with my evil Telco provider by dropping them like...
by Art Petty | Jun 16, 2009 | Decision-Making, Leadership
Imagine Lincoln’s thoughts as he watched the smoke from Confederate campfires rise into the sky just a few miles from the White House, well aware that there were insufficient troops to defend the city should they choose to attack. As a backdrop to this disturbing...
