by Art Petty | Jun 5, 2016 | Art of Managing, Decision-Making, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
A good number of decisions in business (and life) include choices that beg selecting the least bad option. Do we pull in that big deal with a discount incentive to dress up this quarter’s poor numbers and in the process, create a hole for the next quarter? Do we go...
by Art Petty | May 30, 2016 | Leadership
To those who served and preserved our freedom, thank you.
by Art Petty | May 25, 2016 | Art of Managing, Leadership, Strategy
Many senior leaders I encounter are grappling with the modern business problem of our time: what to do for an encore. And no, the encore isn’t a personal one, but rather it is all about the business. Long successful businesses are waking up to the reality that not...
by Art Petty | May 19, 2016 | Art of Managing, Leadership
The biggest barrier to remarkable achievements in our workplaces is not a lack of resources or a shortage of great ideas. Rather, it is a distinct shortage of a very personal attribute: self-confidence. Of all of the challenges of serving in a role responsible for...
by Art Petty | May 15, 2016 | Career, Leadership
Note from Art: every year, I share my thoughts and guidance via this blog to the most recent group of MBA graduates. (2015 Graduates, It is Time to Rededicate to Learning) As both a management educator at the graduate level and a long-practicing executive and coach, I...
by Art Petty | May 9, 2016 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
Every person who has spent any significant amount of time in a management role has encountered at least one employee from that warm place, and I am not talking about Phoenix. The best of the worst are master manipulators who work within the system confounding attempts...
