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...
by Art Petty | Mar 12, 2008 | Project Management, Strategy
Note: With this post, I am adding the category of Project Management to my areas of coverage. Most organizations struggle with strategy. It’s hard work, it requires a lot of cooperation across functions and it takes incredible discipline to implement, monitor...
by Art Petty | Mar 10, 2008 | Leadership
In the spirit of full disclosure, I’m currently off on a holiday with my oldest son. We escaped the frozen, snow covered Midwest for some sun and fun. We attended the finals of a tennis tournament yesterday, played a few hours of tennis today and got...
by Art Petty | Mar 8, 2008 | Marketing
I talk with a lot of marketing and sales managers and have spent most of my life working in these environments. In spite of the dramatic advancements in software tools available, I still find gaping holes in the way many sales and marketing organizations manage and...
by Art Petty | Mar 5, 2008 | Leadership
Bob is leaving behind the business that he helped start and grow and save and grow and sell and sell again, and no one in BIGCO cares. Frankly, no one in the upper ranks even knows that he exists. The dirty little secret: he’s just another faceless...
