by Art Petty | Feb 19, 2017 | Leadership, Strategy
I’ve always enjoyed time-travel stories. What if in business, we could travel ahead in time to see our mistakes and then go back and correct them and change the future for the better? While Einstein and others suggest it is impossible, I beg to differ. In the...
by Art Petty | Feb 12, 2017 | Career, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
Our work lives are punctuated by awkward moments thrust upon us at various points in time. Any first day at a new job. Every last day at an old job. The day you learn your boss was fired. You liked this boss. Meeting your new boss at the firm buying your company. The...
by Art Petty | Feb 9, 2017 | High Performance Management Teams, Leadership
It’s a fascinating time to study leaders. Remember, you can learn from poor examples as well as great ones. I keep a dedicated file in my memory bank labeled, “Don’t Do That—Do This.” Recently, I’m running short on memory for storage. For me, the counter-balance to...
by Art Petty | Feb 7, 2017 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change
If the times make the leader, these times place a premium on our ability to think and do differently. I constantly look for examples of leaders diverging from the conventional thinking in their firms. They challenge the “way” things are supposed to happen. They are...
by Art Petty | Jan 30, 2017 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change
I once received a great compliment, although it was expressed more as frustration: “The thing that makes me crazy about you is that we talk about an idea, and by the time I’ve had a chance to think about it, you’ve already moved forward.” I recall smiling, not at the...
by Art Petty | Jan 24, 2017 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Strategy
Everything about how we structure and manage our organizations is rooted in one objective: to achieve increasing levels of productivity. Create more at less cost with an increasing level of quality. Target more precisely and engage efficiently. Sell more with less...
