by Art Petty | Apr 8, 2009 | Career, Decision-Making
While it has never been substantiated that the explorer and leader Ernest Shackleton actually placed this ad, these few short sentences have taken on a life of their own. They read: “Men wanted for hazardous journey. Small wages, bitter cold, long months of...
by Art Petty | Apr 7, 2009 | Decision-Making, Leadership
Most of us can recall working with someone that had such a strong, negative impact on the work environment that you could t literally feel the emotional mood swing when this person walked into a meeting. For some unknown reason, perhaps a karmic-imbalance in the...
by Art Petty | Apr 5, 2009 | Career, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
This week’s jolt of energy is taken from a great interview with Jim Collins in the April, 2009 issue of Inc. Magazine. Collins connected with Inc. editor, Bo Burlingham to share views on the state of our world, building great businesses and entrepreneurship. The...
by Art Petty | Apr 3, 2009 | Career, Leadership, Product Management, Project Management
Note from Art: at least part of this post was prompted by some truly brilliant product managers interacting on twitter. The true-life career horror story is all my own! One of my greatest career misfires was accepting a role in a firm where I had failed to...
by Art Petty | Apr 2, 2009 | Career, Leadership, Marketing
A collection of sound bites and developmental suggestions for busy professionals: The Challenges of New Leaders: Feedback on Practical Lessons In Leadership: Thanks to Dan McCarthy at Great Leadership for featuring my book with Rich Petro, Practical Lessons in...
