by Art Petty | Feb 22, 2009 | Career, Leadership Caffeine
It’s still too cold out to contemplate an iced coffee, but the prospect of turning the calendar page from February to March is not unpleasant here in the frozen Midwest. I’ll kick off this week with a tall cup of my favorite fair trade roast. Last week we focused on...
by Art Petty | Feb 17, 2009 | Career, Leadership, Management Innovation, Product Management
Note from Art: this post came about through my on-going research with a colleague into best organizational practices in product management and product manager career development. For additional information on this topic, check out my recent podcast interview with...
by Art Petty | Feb 11, 2009 | Career
I suspect that we are all engaging with former colleagues, friends and family members that have recently been furloughed from the corporate world. A few that I have spoken with are struggling to adapt to the new reality and are finding themselves floundering as they...
by Art Petty | Feb 10, 2009 | Career, Leadership
As someone who is passionate about leadership development, it is heartening to see articles like the one that ran recently in the Wall Street Journal, indicating, “Despite Cutbacks, Firms Invest in Developing Leaders.” The article highlights the enlightened...
by Art Petty | Feb 5, 2009 | Career, Leadership
A colleague used the phrase Tripping Points in conversation the other night to describe what leaders and management teams go through in attempting to take businesses from one level to the next. Firms and teams run into natural Tripping Points in the form of...
by Art Petty | Jan 30, 2009 | Career, Leadership, Leading Change, Project Management
One of the things that I love about what I do as a speaker/trainer/educator is that I get to work with a lot of great people genuinely concerned about their development and the development and improvement of their organizations. As I continue on my career respite from...