by Art Petty | Oct 11, 2009 | Career, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change
I love it during presentations and workshops when an audience member steps up and makes a point that helps tie everything together with a great example. I recently found myself as a guest speaker in a good-natured discussion with my audience about the challenges that...
by Art Petty | Oct 4, 2009 | Career, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
Everyone loves a winner. As a society, we like watching and reading about winners. We worship our sports heroes and we study and celebrate the great victories of history. Hundreds of millions of people around the globe watch the Super Bowl every year, but only 5 or...
by Art Petty | Sep 28, 2009 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
Note from Art: this is clearly tongue in cheek, with just a bit of a biting message! If only there were a pill to cure Tired Leader Syndrome! If the drug companies can do it, so can I. Pack together an entire host of symptoms, name a syndrome and produce the cure. ...
by Art Petty | Sep 20, 2009 | Career, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change
The Leader’s To-Do List, Circa Late 2009 Continue to do more with less. Respond to on-going adversity and seemingly overwhelming odds with steely determination visible to all. Fire a few more good people. People that I hand picked. Hope that this is the last of that....
by Art Petty | Sep 13, 2009 | Career, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
Fresh on the heels of my remarkably fun and productive collaboration with Mary Jo Asmus of Intentional Leadership on “The Words of a Leader,” I feel duty bound to remind you that while words are indeed powerful tools for creation or destruction, it’s your actions that...
by Art Petty | Sep 8, 2009 | Career, Decision-Making, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
The formula is simple and the outcome is predictable. Treat people with respect and they will generally return the courtesy many times over. The word “respect” just might work as the lone word in the world’s shortest chapter in the world’s shortest and most effective...
