by Art Petty | Jan 3, 2008 | Leadership, Marketing
Alan Weiss, noted independent consultant, author and speaker, recently posted an entry about the divisiveness and battling across functions that is so commonplace inside organizations. His posting, entitled: Corporate Tribalism, is worthy of review, printing and...
by Art Petty | Jan 1, 2008 | Leadership, Strategy
Welcome to 2008. It’s time to get back to work, and we might as well start-off with something meaty, substantive and worthy of considerable reflection and perhaps some good debate. The key question: is your leadership culture and your personal...
by Art Petty | Dec 28, 2007 | Leadership
Note: the Seven Key Questions are presented in Practical Lessons in Leadership by Petty and Petro. The content here is expanded based on feedback received since the book’s publication in July ’07. One of the fundamental tasks of any leader is to identify...
by Art Petty | Dec 24, 2007 | Leadership
Today’s posting jumps a bit off of the business path and in the spirit of the season and its emphasis on youth, offers some perspectives on the future leaders sitting at your kitchen table. We all probably remember our teachers telling us at some point...
by Art Petty | Dec 13, 2007 | Leadership, Marketing
There are many good B2B Marketing Communications professionals and teams, but a few individuals and teams stand-apart from the crowd as great. While I suppose "great" is subjective, after working with and around many teams and professionals in 20 years...
by Art Petty | Dec 12, 2007 | Leadership
Your leadership tactics just might be at the root of your team’s less than stellar performance As a leader looking for ways to improve the performance of your team, it is important to spend some time examining the impact that you have on the working environment...