by Art Petty | Aug 28, 2013 | Art of Managing, Leadership
Note from Art: I shamelessly grabbed hold of the “you can’t scale bad people” line from some commentator on CNBC. While “bad” is a strong word, I agree with his intended meaning. There’s no formula, no strategy, no approach to building a...
by Art Petty | Aug 18, 2013 | Art of Managing, Leadership, Project Management, Strategy
With few exceptions that I’ve encountered, most senior leaders lose sleep over how fast their organizations and employees are moving. Their minds and mantras are: faster to change, faster to improve, faster to add new capabilities, faster to explore and develop...
by Art Petty | Jul 25, 2013 | Art of Managing, Leadership, Management Innovation, Strategy
Good to great near-term numbers have lured many a management team into focusing on the near-term at the expense of their firm’s long-term health. While it’s counter-intuitive to think that good results are potentially unhealthy, consider: Today’s...
by Art Petty | Jul 7, 2013 | Art of Managing, Leadership, Project Management, Strategy
My first manager routinely asked a question that turned out to be a powerful teaching tool and a life-long reminder to pause before leaping. The question was, “Have you thought of everything?” While “thinking of everything” in a literal sense is impossible, her intent...
by Art Petty | Jul 1, 2013 | Art of Managing
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by Art Petty | Jun 21, 2013 | Art of Managing, Leadership
On the heels of yet another study indicating most U.S. workers are disengaged from their jobs, I recently had occasion to witness an interesting comparison and contrast in levels of employee engagement at two different organizations in the medical industry. It’s...
