by Art Petty | Sep 10, 2008 | Leadership, Leading Change
Ed Catmul, cofounder of Pixar and president of Pixar and Disney Animation Studios offers his perspective on the people versus ideas question in a powerful and practical leadership article entitled: How Pixar Fosters Collective Creativity, in the September, 2008 issue...
by Art Petty | Sep 7, 2008 | Leadership, Leading Change
Dan McCarthy is back this month with the 3rd edition of his Leadership Development Carnival at his Top 25-rated blog: Great Leadership. Dan brings together in one place some of the best leadership and talent blogging content from around the globe. Oh, and he was...
by Art Petty | Sep 2, 2008 | Leadership, Leading Change, Marketing
I’ve heard the phrase “We had a good meeting,” or some derivative of it so many times that I’ve lost count. Whenever I hear this meeting review or it’s ugly stepchild, “We talked about a lot at that meeting,” alarm bells start ringing, my spider sense tingles and I...
by Art Petty | Aug 27, 2008 | Leadership, Leading Change, Marketing, Project Management
Not surprisingly, it’s often difficult for senior executives and management teams to gain objective feedback on their individual and collective performance. I’ve worked with clients and in organizations where the management team was generally satisfied with their...
by Art Petty | Aug 14, 2008 | Leadership, Leading Change
In this must-read article: “If You’re Open to Growth, You Tend to Grow,” by Janet Rae-Dupree, Stanford Psychologist Carol Dweck summarizes decades of research into how people think about intelligence and talent with the following:“Those who believe that they...
by Art Petty | Aug 12, 2008 | Leadership, Leading Change, Strategy
I am busy preparing for my fall MBA teaching assignments and I tripped across an interesting survey about employees and change (circa 2006) in the excellent text: Managing for Quality and Performance Excellence by Evans and Lindsay. (Note, contrary to my comments...