by Art Petty | Jan 20, 2009 | Uncategorized
Welcome to the inaugural episode of the Management Excellence Podcast. A recent lunch conversation about “Fear In the Workplace” and what leaders can do to manage this insidious morale and productivity killer, prompted this episode. It is my goal to make...
by Art Petty | Jan 19, 2009 | Career
Most people that I know just hate Mondays. You don’t even have to take a survey to confirm this point. Just watch people in their cars on the way to work or take a look around the faces buried in newspapers on the train. If my wife was reading this, she would be...
by Art Petty | Jan 16, 2009 | Career, Career Reinvention
Not surprisingly in this economy, a great number of people are busy plotting their next career and life steps. Whether prompted by a layoff, a threat of a layoff or the recognition that conditions can all too easily result in a layoff; I’m listening to many people who...
by Art Petty | Jan 15, 2009 | Career
The thermometer here in Chicago this morning indicates that it is -12 degrees outside. Fahrenheit. That’s cold. We get a deep freeze like this every winter, and it gives the local newscasters something to blather about for the few days that the world here looks...
by Art Petty | Jan 14, 2009 | Leadership
One of my favorite, provocative business thinkers, Gary Hamel, says what we’ve all been thinking about in his Wall Street Journal blog post, “Too Many Industries Suffering from Detroititis.” While the term “Detroititis” is not yet in common use, it isn’t hard to...
