by Art Petty | Aug 28, 2016 | Art of Managing, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Strategy
“Past performance is an indicator of future success.” While our financial documents state just the opposite as it relates to investment performance, we run our organizations as if it were a hard fast rule. In many circumstances, it’s a trap. Any recent job...
by Art Petty | Aug 15, 2016 | Art of Managing, Leadership, Strategy
I once worked for a firm that reorganized every April. You could set your watch by it. Nothing important or innovative happened from January to June. Even at my young age, it was clear after a couple of cycles that the reorganization was a political chess game that...
by Art Petty | Aug 9, 2016 | Art of Managing, Career, Leadership
As leaders, managers, and contributors, we make the choice every day to transact or transform in our encounters with colleagues and customers. Many opt for the former, exhibiting the bare minimum amount of energy to reasonably fulfill their obligation to the other...
by Art Petty | Aug 4, 2016 | Art of Managing, Leadership, Strategy
Next …it’s the sign of the times. Seeking next is the new state of normal for most of us in our careers and almost all of us in our businesses. We all need to get good at next. No business can afford to run in place. Yesterday’s great strategy is tomorrow’s business...
by Art Petty | Jul 31, 2016 | Art of Managing, Career
What story are you telling about your value? Most of us are telling the wrong version. We are hardly ever conscious of the impact we have on people and as a result, our narrative—the story we project that describes why we do what we do is usually off. If we truly...
by Art Petty | Jul 20, 2016 | Art of Managing, Strategy
Or, Why You Might Lose Your Business If You Don’t Change the View: Michael Dubin just sold his startup for a cool billion $ to European consumer products behemoth, Unilever. His four-year young firm is reportedly not profitable, although it has signed up 3.2...
