by Art Petty | Jan 9, 2008 | Leadership, Marketing
If your company is involved in a merger, there is one certainty. Everything will change. Regardless of the carefully crafted words in the press release. (Unless of course your company is being purchased by Warren Buffett, who is famous for only...
by Art Petty | Jan 8, 2008 | Leadership, Strategy
As a strategy consultant, I see clients wrestle with the exercise of creation or articulation of a "Vision" for their business on a regular basis. In some environments, the exercise of clarifying or creating a vision is motivating and galvanizing, and...
by Art Petty | Jan 7, 2008 | Leadership, Marketing, Product Management
Few roles in B2B and technology organizations carry loftier expectations or face more challenging tasks than that of the Product Manager. This position tends to be backed by a job description with responsibilities that makes many executive roles look tame by...
by Art Petty | Jan 3, 2008 | Leadership, Marketing
Alan Weiss, noted independent consultant, author and speaker, recently posted an entry about the divisiveness and battling across functions that is so commonplace inside organizations. His posting, entitled: Corporate Tribalism, is worthy of review, printing and...
by Art Petty | Jan 1, 2008 | Leadership, Strategy
Welcome to 2008. It’s time to get back to work, and we might as well start-off with something meaty, substantive and worthy of considerable reflection and perhaps some good debate. The key question: is your leadership culture and your personal...