by Art Petty | May 18, 2008 | Leadership, Project Management
I recently conducted a leadership workshop for a group of technical professionals at an industry conference, and as always, I walked away from the session with a couple of insights gained from the input of the participants. One that surprised me was that after...
by Art Petty | May 17, 2008 | Leadership
Chances are if you are like most of the business professionals that take the 10 question Leadership Culture Index below, your organization can use some improvement. A lot of improvement. I deliver this simple and I’m sure non-scientific survey (see...
by Art Petty | May 15, 2008 | Leadership
I never get tired of hearing stories from leaders about their winning teams in business or in high school athletics. These stories are usually told by the leader or coach with parental pride about the remarkable success of a group of people that have figured out...
by Art Petty | May 12, 2008 | Leadership
This month’s Harvard Business Review finally spoke to a long-standing question/concern that many of us in mid-career (read 40-something or older) have likely pondered: When will the generation that grew up on computers and video games learn to apply the unique...
by Art Petty | May 11, 2008 | Leadership
I’ve highlighted on occasion my pride in being an alumni member of one of the world’s great organizations, Matsushita (now formally known as Panasonic). I left in 1996 to continue my still-early career development, and like most other things in life,...
by Art Petty | May 7, 2008 | Leadership
One of the most frequent questions that I get at seminars or workshops goes something like this: "Art, I’ve read your leadership book, I’ve listened to you in the workshop and I understand how important it is for me to put time into the development of...
