by Art Petty | Oct 4, 2008 | Leadership
I am pleased to be included in some great company again this month at the latest Leadership Development Carnival hosted at Great Leadership. Dan McCarthy brings together the perspectives of some exciting Carnival newcomers and some industry...
by Art Petty | Sep 27, 2008 | Leadership
I suspect that anyone not concerned about the state of “things” going on in our world and specifically in our economy would reasonably be labeled as naïve. We have big problems, they could get bigger in a hurry or maybe they won’t. The loss of some...
by Art Petty | Sep 18, 2008 | Leadership
It takes a strong reserve of self-confidence to be an effective leader. It’s also remarkably easy to get comfortable crossing the fine but dangerous line between self-confidence and arrogance. The best leaders are conscious of that boundary and walk along...
by Art Petty | Sep 17, 2008 | Decision-Making, Leadership
One of the more fascinating social experiments that I have observed is a game credited to Martin Shubik, called The Dollar Auction. My context for this auction has been in groups of senior leaders (classrooms of 30 or more) during Executive Development...
by Art Petty | Sep 15, 2008 | Leadership
The greatest spectator sport available the past few weekends has been the systematic dismantling and reassembly (of sorts) of many of America’s financial icons and of America's capital markets. In case the return of college and pro football the last few...
by Art Petty | Sep 10, 2008 | Leadership, Leading Change
Ed Catmul, cofounder of Pixar and president of Pixar and Disney Animation Studios offers his perspective on the people versus ideas question in a powerful and practical leadership article entitled: How Pixar Fosters Collective Creativity, in the September, 2008 issue...
