by Art Petty | Feb 15, 2011 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change
Stepping into the role of new (to the team) leader for an existing team is a daunting task. It’s also a time rich in opportunity for everyone involved, if the new leader executes a proper start-up strategy and avoids the most common start-up pitfalls. The 4 Stages of...
by Art Petty | Feb 10, 2011 | Leadership, Leading Change
Now playing (again and again) at a theater or office near you: New CEO or Top Leader Arrives, and… The Royal Audiences begin, where a tone of “I’m here to save you” is unspoken but clearly articulated by the new CEO. Change is the underlying theme in her words, yet...
by Art Petty | Jan 19, 2011 | Career, Leadership, Leading Change, Management Innovation, Project Management
There’s no doubt we live in interesting times…a true Dickensian Best of Times, Worst of Times environment, filled with remarkable opportunities and equally remarkable personal, competitive, societal and global challenges. Over the past few years and few thousand...
by Art Petty | Jan 12, 2011 | Leading Change, Management Innovation, Strategy
Over the past few weeks, I’ve connected with some brilliant individuals in multiple entrepreneurial organizations. In every instance, I heard some form of “We want to change the world” as these high-energy individuals described their ideas and their motivation. I...
by Art Petty | Jan 11, 2011 | Leadership, Leading Change
A Management Excellence Book Review: This is not so much a book review as it is my reaction to a powerful work from a man doing remarkable things to change the world. Almost Isn’t Good Enough by Soles4Souls founder, Wayne Elsey, is also a book about shoes. And...
by Art Petty | Dec 16, 2010 | Career, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change, Project Management
My Guest Post at Lead Change: I confess to focusing a great deal recently on the future of leadership. This was evident in my guest post, “The Great and Perilous Leadership Journey Ahead,”at Tanveer Naseer’s site, and in today’s essay, “Leadership...
