by Art Petty | Feb 6, 2008 | Leadership
I speak, counsel and write consistently about the critical need for an organization’s leaders to institutionalize the process of identifying, developing and retaining talent. In a recent workshop, less than 20% of the organizations represented indicated...
by Art Petty | Feb 4, 2008 | Product Management
Q: Why is a Product Manager like the Office Photocopy Machine? A: Because when it works no one notices and when something goes wrong, everyone wants to kick it. My sincere thanks to Mike for that PM joke told to me during a particularly challenging day in the world of...
by Art Petty | Feb 3, 2008 | Leadership, Strategy
In an earlier post (Is Your Organization Strategy-Fueled or Strategy-Starved?), I introduced a set of simple diagnostic questions to help gauge a firm’s relative maturity around leadership and strategy. In my own experience with this informal tool, most...
by Art Petty | Feb 1, 2008 | Leadership
Following a recent presentation to individuals in the Not-For-Profit arena on "Creating A Culture of Leadership Development in Your Organization," I was approached by some enthusiastic attendees who loved the content, but expressed frustration over the...
by Art Petty | Jan 30, 2008 | Leadership
The January 22, 2008 Wall Street Journal included an article in Jared Sandberg’s weekly Cubicle Culture column, entitled: Why Learn and Grow on the Job? It’s Easier to Feign Infallibility, that fits nicely with my recent posts on leadership decision...
