by Art Petty | Dec 1, 2008 | Leadership, Marketing, Strategy
(Note from Art Petty: this is the first post at the new Management Excellence blog. If you are receiving this update via e-mail, please take the opportunity to visit the site and check out the new tools and resources. And of course, the 160 plus posts on Best...
by Art Petty | Nov 24, 2008 | Leadership, Leading Change, Project Management, Strategy
I’ve danced with this topic before (Struggling with Strategy? Think Project Management), and the more experience that I gain helping clients improve the effectiveness and efficiency of their strategic planning and execution program development activities through...
by Art Petty | Nov 24, 2008 | Leadership
It genuinely bothers me when organizations spend years and untold dollars reinventing themselves and succeeding with a quality framework (i.e. Baldrige or Six Sigma) only to show up in the business press as an organization fighting for survival. It’s like the obese...
by Art Petty | Nov 24, 2008 | Leadership, Leading Change
At the risk of showing my inner-nerd, one of the more memorable sayings from the Star Trek series of shows (post Kirk & Crew) is: “Resistance is Futile.” This of course was the mantra of the Borg, a race of part-human, part machines that sought to assimilate all...
by Art Petty | Nov 11, 2008 | Leadership
A special note: today is Veterans Day While we may struggle in business to consistently produce high-performance teams, our soldiers in service of our country live this on a regular basis. Thanks to those who have served, those who are serving and to all who have...
