by Art Petty | Oct 8, 2017 | Art of Managing, Career, Decision-Making, High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Leading Change, Strategy
I have an allergic reaction to the gravitational pull of the status quo when it masquerades as conventional wisdom. Too often, leaders and managers reduce complex and emerging situations to an algorithm developed for another time and set of variables. It’s a...
by Art Petty | Sep 28, 2017 | High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine Podcast, Uncategorized
Gary Morton, author of Commanding Excellence: Inspiring Purpose, Passion, and Ingenuity through Leadership that Matters, is one of the reasons I love live interviews. It would be hard to make up a story as fascinating as Gary’s. From his success at West Point to...
by Art Petty | Sep 25, 2017 | High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Project Management, Strategy
Most strategy efforts, like most diets, fail. Or, at least they fail to create the predicted value. While there are plenty of opportunities to come to flawed conclusions about the world and to substitute half-measures or noble goals for real strategy, even if the...
by Art Petty | Sep 19, 2017 | First Time Manager Series, Leadership
One of the common reactions to the content I present in my online workshops “Succeeding as a First-Time Manager,” is, “This is hard work.” I agree. Kind of. In a recent article, “Leadership is Common Sense in Action,” I make the case that we over complicate it a great...
by Art Petty | Sep 19, 2017 | First Time Manager Series, Leadership, Uncategorized
Last call for my latest edition of my online professional development series, Succeeding as a First-Time Manager. I love delivering this series of content rich, action-focused webinars. It’s filled with hard-won, real world ideas designed to help you gain a...
by Art Petty | Sep 17, 2017 | Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
“A really effective leader can get results and build the capability of individuals and build effective teams so that results are achieved beyond the moment. But they have to get results or they don’t stay leaders.” -Jim Fisher, The Thoughtful Leader Emphasis on that...
