by Art Petty | Oct 11, 2016 | Career, Just One Thing, Leading Change
In my travels as an executive coach and speaker, I encounter an extraordinary number of individuals who describe wanting to change. They come up to me during breaks or after events and share their hopes and desires to transform some part of themselves. I love it!...
by Art Petty | Oct 3, 2016 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change
There’s an old saying in business, culture eats strategy for lunch. Many a leader has fallen victim to the decision to ignore a firm’s culture. Unfortunately, in this era of change, conditions sometimes necessitate shaking things up. My proposed revision...
by Art Petty | Jan 3, 2016 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change
What are the obstacles in front of your team and how hard are you working at knocking them down? Chances are you can and should be working harder at this critical task. A number of years ago, I was responsible for the product and marketing activities of a prototype...
by Art Petty | Nov 15, 2015 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change, Management Innovation, Product Management, Strategy
The Leadership Caffeine™ series is intended to make you think and act. — A dialog between Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in “A Scandal in Bohemia,” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: “The distinction is clear. For example, you have frequently seen the steps which lead...
by Art Petty | Nov 13, 2015 | Just One Thing, Leadership, Leading Change
I confess to having cultivated a strong affinity for Big Thinkers in my advancing years as an executive. The flip-side of this growing affinity is my creeping impatience and dismissal of small thinkers. Given the scale and scope of the challenges in our world and in...
by Art Petty | Nov 4, 2015 | Art of Managing, High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Leading Change, Strategy
Most businesses and most management teams flail and fail when it comes to the work of strategy. In today’s world, where the long-cycle strategy process has been replaced by short-bursts of experimentation and iteration, it’s essential to reduce the fail...
