by Art Petty | Aug 2, 2009 | Career, Decision-Making, Leadership, Leading Change
It is always fun to be part of the Leadership Development Carnivals, because it gives me a chance to hang out with some very accomplished leadership bloggers and thought leaders. I learn something of value from these great professionals every time, and I never mind...
by Art Petty | Jul 31, 2009 | Career
My recent post, “Ghosts of the Economy-Casualties of this Silent War” offered a sobering look at both the personal and societal impact of the economic situation. The comments from the readers were fascinating and in some cases, even more haunting than the post itself....
by Art Petty | Jul 26, 2009 | Career, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
Note from Art: this one’s with a little help from my friends. I’ve been working a great deal with first-time leaders recently (my favorite groups!) and I posted a tweet to the extremely talented group of great people that I follow on Twitter asking what they wish...
by Art Petty | Jul 22, 2009 | Career, Leadership
Early in my career as a marketing and product manager working for Panasonic-one of the world’s great companies (IMHO), our division had earned the attention of one of the senior executives of this then $60 billion per year firm. I seem to recall that the attention was...
by Art Petty | Jul 13, 2009 | Career, Decision-Making, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change
My biggest mistakes as a leader occurred as a result of spending way too much time attempting to change two people. I was young, new to the formal leadership scene and convinced that with my help and guidance, these two talented individuals would certainly shed their...
by Art Petty | Jul 8, 2009 | Career, Leadership, Strategy
One of the things that I truly love about this time we are living and working through is the front-row seats that we all have to some fascinating experiments in strategy. Things happen so quickly and with such widespread coverage in today’s world, that it often looks...