by Art Petty | Jun 15, 2010 | Leadership, Uncategorized
When it comes to leadership development, sweeping corporate mandates and expensive training initiatives are rarely as effective as consistent blocking and tackling. Your own practices are capable of creating a new and next generation of professionals that carry the...
by Art Petty | Jun 14, 2010 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
Like the brother-in-law that you dodge at family gatherings to avoid his pitch on the latest “can’t fail, get rich quick” business scheme, some people are involved in a constant game of that childhood classic, Chutes and Ladders. Catch one ladder and you skip over...
by Art Petty | Jun 11, 2010 | Leadership
“That’s an important issue that you’ve raised, and we should talk about it and decide at the right time.” For this manager, it was never the right time. “I’m not making a decision until the facts are clear and I’m comfortable.” The facts were never quite clear enough...
by Art Petty | Jun 11, 2010 | Decision-Making, Leadership
Resources, Great Reads and Sound Bites for Your Summer Weekends Decisions, Decisions In spite of the unfortunate example/timing of BP as an effective decision-making company, the article, “The Decision Driven Organization,” by Marcia Blenko, Michael Mankins and Paul...
by Art Petty | Jun 9, 2010 | Leadership
Are your firm’s values worth the price of the frames that they presently occupy while hanging in your lobby, the main conference room and your CEO’s office? As a confirmed Leadership Anthropologist, I am fascinated by the use, misuse general lack of use of...
by Art Petty | Jun 7, 2010 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
“How can I help?” These four simple words are powerful leadership tools when framed into a question and applied with genuine intent. The leader that is comfortable asking this question is comfortable in his or her leadership skin. It takes self-confidence, a dose of...
