by Art Petty | Jan 20, 2014 | Art of Managing, High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change, Strategy
The Leadership Caffeine series is over 200 installments strong and is dedicated to every aspiring or experienced leader seeking ideas, insights or just a jolt of energy to keep pushing forward. Thanks for being along for the journey! — For leaders at all levels,...
by Art Petty | Dec 16, 2013 | Art of Managing, High Performance Management Teams, Management Innovation, Strategy
In Part 1 of this series on Creating the High Performance Senior Management Team, I identified a number of key areas where management teams often fail and fail. Here in Part 2, I tackle two critical challenges that CEOs and senior managers must overcome on the road to...
by Art Petty | Dec 8, 2013 | Art of Managing, Challenging Conversations, High Performance Management Teams, Management Innovation
Note: this is part one of a two-part series (part 2) exploring the issues, challenges and opportunities for senior managers to strengthen group and organizational performance. Let’s start with the contention that a high performance senior management team is one key...
by Art Petty | Nov 24, 2013 | Art of Managing, Leadership, Strategy
In an article in the Sunday Chicago Tribune, Edward Lampert, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sears Holding Corp offers, “We don’t have a sales problem. What we have is a profit problem, and that’s what we’re intending to address.” Mr....
by Art Petty | Sep 22, 2013 | Art of Managing, Leadership, Management Innovation
It’s all too easy to let ourselves off the hook for the performance of our teams and team members. We often ascribe fault to others or to situations, and all too often we forget to hold ourselves accountable. Psychologists reference this as the fundamental...
by Art Petty | Sep 11, 2013 | Art of Managing, Leadership, Leading Change, Management Innovation
The October, 2013 Harvard Business Review features an interesting article by Harvard Professor, Anita Elberse, focusing on the leadership approaches of Sir Alex Ferguson during his extremely successful 26 season run leading the Manchester United football club. Of the...
