by Art Petty | Jun 1, 2009 | Career, Leadership Caffeine
Followers of this blog know that we celebrated a milestone in our home this past week as our youngest son graduated from high school. It’s an exciting and frightening experience for the child as he reaches the end of a long road with good friends and looks forward to...
by Art Petty | May 29, 2009 | Leadership, Leading Change, Strategy
As predictable as the change of seasons and the swooning of the Cubs in the Chicago-area, I’m starting to hear whisperings about plans for upcoming strategic planning offsites. And while I spend a lot of time preaching to anyone that will listen that STRATEGY...
by Art Petty | May 28, 2009 | Career
There’s a graduation in our house this week, so please bear with me if my blog post here has come down a few levels from the lofty topics that I enjoy writing about. Our youngest son wraps up his high school career and like many families across the country, we are...
by Art Petty | May 27, 2009 | Career, Leadership, Leading Change, Management Innovation
Note from Art: While I am referencing a well-known leadership and management author here, the Fresh Voices come from the rich and thought-provoking comments and commenters to the author’s post. If you are fascinated as I am about the evolution of management...
by Art Petty | May 26, 2009 | Career, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
Much of what passes for leadership conversation in the workplace is filled with unnecessary and meaningless jargon that gets in the way of the true message. It’s time to de-clutter our conversations and choose words that are meaningful and actionable to our team...
