by Art Petty | Jan 22, 2009 | Career, Leadership, Product Management
Three suggested links for busy professionals: Book Review: Outliers: For a thoughtful review of Malcolm Gladwell’s, Outliers, check out Wally Bock’s recent post at Three Star Leadership. This latest effort from Gladwell, the author of Blink and The Tipping Point...
by Art Petty | Jan 21, 2009 | Career, Leadership, Leading Change
Believe it or not, this post was prompted by a conversation that I had with one of my MBA students the other evening. The fact that it coincides with the inauguration of our new President is coincidental. We were discussing the failure of many organizations to stop...
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 Re-mix
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...