by Art Petty | Apr 30, 2009 | Career, Marketing, Product Management, Project Management
A fact of life in our world is that you will inevitably face the prospect of having to reinvent your professional self. For many this is a daunting task that gets put off along with getting in shape, painting the house and writing a book. The dream is nice, but the...
by Art Petty | Apr 27, 2009 | Career, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
It’s a stormy spring morning here in the greater Chicago-area and I confess to brewing my second pot of a dark Guatemalan roast to help spur some energy. This week’s topic focuses on the plight of the first time leader and a call to action for experienced leaders...
by Art Petty | Apr 24, 2009 | Career, Decision-Making, Leadership, Product Management, Project Management
Whether you are a first-time leader, an experienced manager taking over a new team or an informal leader such as a project or product manager, you will be as successful as you are credible. Your credibility is your professional bedrock. Build on it carefully and...
by Art Petty | Apr 8, 2009 | Career, Decision-Making
While it has never been substantiated that the explorer and leader Ernest Shackleton actually placed this ad, these few short sentences have taken on a life of their own. They read: “Men wanted for hazardous journey. Small wages, bitter cold, long months of...
by Art Petty | Apr 5, 2009 | Career, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
This week’s jolt of energy is taken from a great interview with Jim Collins in the April, 2009 issue of Inc. Magazine. Collins connected with Inc. editor, Bo Burlingham to share views on the state of our world, building great businesses and entrepreneurship. The...
by Art Petty | Apr 3, 2009 | Career, Leadership, Product Management, Project Management
Note from Art: at least part of this post was prompted by some truly brilliant product managers interacting on twitter. The true-life career horror story is all my own! One of my greatest career misfires was accepting a role in a firm where I had failed to...
