by Art Petty | Nov 21, 2019 | Art of Managing, Career, Decision-Making, Emerging Leaders, High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change, Management Innovation, Strategy, Think Differently
When was the last time you read a book or attended a training session on Situation Awareness (SA)? Unless you work around the military, aviation, or in crisis management situations, chances are the answer is never. That’s a mistake. Increasingly, I see what I...
by Art Petty | Jul 28, 2019 | High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change, Strategy
Most of us in our working lives have been exposed to what I describe as a trickle-down strategy process. Effectively, the work of baking the strategy starts from on high and flows downward rushing like a waterfall at the top, trailing off to a slow, ineffectual...
by Art Petty | Jul 9, 2019 | High Performance Management Teams, Marketing, Product Management, Strategy
A good number of my executive coaching clients across large and small businesses are involved in establishing and managing strategic partnerships. For many, the process is one where the hopes run high during the courtship process, but often fail to live up to...
by Art Petty | Apr 17, 2019 | Challenging Conversations, High Performance Management Teams
I’ve spent a good portion of my working life participating in or working with senior management teams. The experiences range from fascinating and exhilarating to the stuff of waking nightmares. Some senior management teams have it all going on. They tackle the tough...
by Art Petty | Mar 1, 2019 | Art of Managing, Challenging Conversations, High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Leading Change, Strategy
There’s a loud ring of truth to the old saw: “Culture eats strategy for lunch.” However, sometimes, the culture needs to evolve, or everyone is at risk of ending up hungry at lunchtime. I’ve observed, participated in, and led strategic change that both required and...
by Art Petty | Feb 10, 2019 | Art of Managing, Challenging Conversations, Decision-Making, High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
Challenging management and performance conversations regularly run off the rails. They are often muddled, mixed-up, and monumentally massacred. Nonetheless, at least people are attempting to talk about the tough topics—even if things occasionally go cattywampus (look...
