by Art Petty | Apr 7, 2017 | Art of Managing, Career, Leadership, Leading Change, Strategy
We’re taught from an early age in school what we need to do to earn the “A.” Unfortunately, the real world isn’t that structured, predictable, or kind. Learning to tolerate ambiguity and uncertainty in business is essential for survival....
by Art Petty | Mar 26, 2017 | Career, Career Reinvention, Strategy
This started out as an article on the importance of letting go to move forward. It ended up as an article suggesting the dreams that inspired us in our youth offer important clues to our true potential and purpose in life. It turns out, letting go and pursuing the...
by Art Petty | Mar 24, 2017 | Career, High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Product Management, Project Management, Strategy
Imagine taking on the simultaneous equation of solving for strengthening your firm’s performance, while growing as a leader and learning to be at your best all of the time. Admittedly, those are lofty ambitions on their own, and akin to climbing Everest without...
by Art Petty | Mar 13, 2017 | Art of Managing, Career, High Performance Management Teams, Leadership
Welcome to my new video series where the emphasis is on sharing ideas to help you solve problems and strengthen performance at work. For our kick-off video, I share an approach on setting the stage for a great day that I learned from the team I was leading through a...
by Art Petty | Feb 24, 2017 | Career, Leadership
One benefit of experience is the store of leadership mistakes we all have to draw upon in our current endeavors. For me, my leadership mistakes are occasionally the topic of my workshop and classroom cases and activities. I am a prolific case writer for...
by Art Petty | Feb 12, 2017 | Career, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
Our work lives are punctuated by awkward moments thrust upon us at various points in time. Any first day at a new job. Every last day at an old job. The day you learn your boss was fired. You liked this boss. Meeting your new boss at the firm buying your company. The...
