by Art Petty | Dec 14, 2008 | Uncategorized
We are quickly approaching that time on the calendar when almost everyone resolves to do better on something next year. Our resolutions are often health, relationship or personal development focused, and while some people make great strides and achieve their goals,...
by Art Petty | Dec 12, 2008 | Marketing, Strategy
OK, I received more than a few comments that last week’s reading list was a bit aggressive. Given the season and the fact that we want to leave everyone with adequate time to go out and do their part volunteering as well as stimulating the economy, I’ve trimmed the...
by Art Petty | Dec 11, 2008 | Leadership
I am one of 13 million or so people in the state of Illinois who along with another few hundred million around the country and perhaps the globe, are watching in horror and fascination at the saga unfolding around the state’s (for the moment) leader and Governor, Rod...
by Art Petty | Dec 10, 2008 | Leadership
I’ve written before on the Art of Asking Questions, but I tripped across the concept of the Questions to Comments ratio somewhere in my travels recently, and I really like it. (I would love to give someone attribution if I could recall who it was that offered up this...
by Art Petty | Dec 9, 2008 | Decision-Making, Leadership, Leading Change, Management Innovation, Project Management
Author and consultant Gary Hamel writes in the preface to his latest book, The Future of Management, that, “Management is out of date. Like the combustion engine, it’s a technology that has largely stopped evolving and that’s not good.” Hamel challenges leaders and...
