by Art Petty | Jan 16, 2016 | Art of Managing, Leadership
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by Art Petty | Jan 6, 2016 | Art of Managing, Leadership
I was intrigued by the recent article in the Wall Street Journal (registration or subscription may be required), entitled: “Nice is a Four-Letter Word at Companies Practicing Radical Candor.” The opening of the article offers: Companies from advertising firm Deutsch...
by Art Petty | Dec 9, 2015 | Art of Managing, Leadership, Strategy
Yahoo—a name left over from the boom and bust period of the dot.com world—has somehow managed to limp along in a world where many struggle to understand its value proposition. The financial markets vote with their valuations, and have recently concluded that the firm...
by Art Petty | Dec 8, 2015 | Art of Managing, Strategy
If you’ve ever dealt with a complex medical issue, you understand how difficult it sometimes is to identify the real problem. Yet, pinpointing this problem is essential to developing the best possible treatment regimen. The proper diagnosis is essential to determining...
by Art Petty | Nov 18, 2015 | Art of Managing, Management Innovation
“Life is too short to waste on playing bad games.” Yu-kai Chou Imagine a world of work where your colleagues work tirelessly to complete the hard work that keeps everything moving. They voluntarily stay late and even deprive themselves of sleep to ensure the work is...
by Art Petty | Nov 17, 2015 | Art of Managing, High Performance Management Teams, Strategy
“Not miscalculation, bad strategy is the active avoidance of the hard work of crafting a good strategy.” Richard Rumelt—Good Strategy/Bad Strategy Consider: “Our strategy is to be more profitable than our competitors.” “Our strategy is to grow from 10,000 to 100,000...
