by Art Petty | Apr 10, 2020 | Art of Managing, Decision-Making, High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change, Management Innovation
Note from Art—this is part of an ongoing series focused on helping you rethink and reinvent your management practices for a changing world. In talking with top executives, it’s no surprise that one of the biggest challenges they are facing is transferring their...
by Art Petty | Mar 24, 2020 | Art of Managing, Challenging Conversations, Decision-Making, Leadership, Leading Change, Management Innovation, Strategy
It’s hard to know what to do when confronted with a crisis at scale where there are no modern precedents. The fear is palpable—for our loved ones, our colleagues, and for those in our communities. And the economic toll has never had a more human face in our...
by Art Petty | Mar 10, 2020 | Art of Managing, Career, Decision-Making, Leadership, Leadership and Management Book Talk Podcast, Leading Change, Strategy
Reading Robert Iger’s The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company was truly a joy. Wally Bock concurred, and we go on in this fun discussion to share the many reasons why we both love this book! The leadership lessons...
by Art Petty | Feb 25, 2020 | Art of Managing, Leadership, Leadership and Management Book Talk Podcast, Leading Change, Management Innovation, Strategy, Think Differently
The world of business lost a giant thinker recently, who by all accounts was a fabulous person. I’m referencing Harvard’s Clayton Christensen, perhaps best known for his thinking and books focused on The Innovator’s Dilemma. Wally Bock and I...
by Art Petty | Feb 23, 2020 | Art of Managing, Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, The Leadership Opportunity
Here’s a little secret. When I use the phrase “emerging leader,” I’m talking about all of us. You’re never done learning to lead. Some of us are a bit more experienced, and others are more effective than others, yet even at retirement, the job of learning to lead is...
by Art Petty | Feb 9, 2020 | Art of Managing, Challenging Conversations, Decision-Making, Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
There’s little debate over the importance of trust between individuals on a team and with the team’s leader. Without trust, high-performance is just a lofty ideal but not likely. And developing trust demands forming relationships. It’s the relationship-issue that is...
