by Art Petty | Mar 25, 2008 | Leadership
Every once in awhile, a number of articles or blog posts converge nicely to build on each other. Today over at Wally Bock’s Three Star Leadership Blog in his post entitled Sunday Afternoons, Wally offers his perspective on an article describing that many...
by Art Petty | Mar 24, 2008 | Leadership
There’s a great, thought-provoking article today in the March 24, 2008 Wall Street Journal. by George Anders, entitled: Overseeing More Employees with Fewer Managers. The sub-title of the article identifies the source of this so-called trend: Consultants...
by Art Petty | Mar 20, 2008 | Leadership, Project Management, Strategy
Traditional strategic planning approaches often fail to deliver the results that firms require to jump start growth or pull out of a sustained decline. Legacy approaches emphasize a periodic focus on strategy—often an annual refresh against a long-range...
by Art Petty | Mar 18, 2008 | Product Management, Project Management
I will be posting from airport lounges this week, but before I head out, I wanted to relate a lesson about decision-making that I learned (the hard way) a number of years ago. This was prompted by a discussion with a promising early career product management...
by Art Petty | Mar 16, 2008 | Leadership, Project Management
I’ve recently become immersed in developing a much better understanding of the role, challenges and contributions of Project Management to an organization’s success, and I cringe when recalling the many examples I observed of executives strong-arming the...