by Art Petty | May 26, 2010 | Career, Decision-Making, Leadership
Take a few minutes today and stop and think about the issues highlighted by the following questions: Think about the meetings that you are typically involved in where major decisions are cast. Is there anyone in these meetings with the courage to stand against the...
by Art Petty | May 24, 2010 | Career, Decision-Making, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Project Management
Some leaders move through their days like a flat rock skipping over the surface of a pond. They are focused on personal efficiency and speed, and the faster they move and the more decisions that they make, the better they believe they are doing as leaders. Their days...
by Art Petty | May 18, 2010 | Career, Decision-Making
Woody Allen famously offered that, “80% of success is showing up.” In my opinion, about 99% of success is “sticktoitiveness,” which is much about dogged persistence in the face of overwhelming obstacles. That awkward non-word is one of the attributes...
by Art Petty | May 17, 2010 | Career, Decision-Making, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
As allegations surface (bad pun) that there was ample evidence of the failure of a critical gasket and a fail-safe system on the Deep Water Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico, it appears as if decisions were made to ignore the potential for disaster in the pursuit of speed...
by Art Petty | May 3, 2010 | Career, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
Fresh from a weekend of rediscovering the lawn and gardening muscles that clearly took the winter off, I found myself happy that I was able to quickly access freshly sharpened, well-oiled tools. As any good tradesman or craftsman (or weekend gardener) will tell you,...
by Art Petty | May 2, 2010 | Career, Leadership, Leading Change
One of the best leadership public services you will find is Dan McCarthy’s hard work to produce the monthly Leadership Development Carnivals. Dan scours the world far and wide for compelling content designed to inspire, energize and challenge you to step up your...
