by Art Petty | Apr 15, 2009 | Decision-Making, Leadership
Thanks to the great team at the Maximize Possibility blog, the April 15th Carnival includes a fantastic collection of posts from some of the leading minds in talent. Oh, and it even includes one of mine! Seriously, I love the Carnivals as a way to bring together a...
by Art Petty | Apr 14, 2009 | Leadership
Every once in awhile, my second favorite publication, Harvard Business Review, serves up some fascinating content that leaves me scratching my head and wondering. The April, 2009 issue doesn’t disappoint, offering a couple of interesting but potentially...
by Art Petty | Apr 13, 2009 | Decision-Making, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
A number of my last few posts have focused on thinking big, and a wise reader pointed out that with all of the dreaming and visioning he has been doing at my bequest, he’s falling hopelessly behind in his work. Fair point, so grab a cup of something hot, along with a...
by Art Petty | Apr 7, 2009 | Decision-Making, Leadership
Most of us can recall working with someone that had such a strong, negative impact on the work environment that you could t literally feel the emotional mood swing when this person walked into a meeting. For some unknown reason, perhaps a karmic-imbalance in the...
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...