by Art Petty | May 18, 2010 | Career, Decision-Making
Woody Allen famously offered that, “80% of success is showing up.” In my opinion, about 99% of success is “sticktoitiveness,” which is much about dogged persistence in the face of overwhelming obstacles. That awkward non-word is one of the attributes...
by Art Petty | May 17, 2010 | Career, Decision-Making, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
As allegations surface (bad pun) that there was ample evidence of the failure of a critical gasket and a fail-safe system on the Deep Water Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico, it appears as if decisions were made to ignore the potential for disaster in the pursuit of speed...
by Art Petty | May 5, 2010 | Decision-Making, Leadership, Project Management, Strategy
Jocelyn R. Davis and Tom Atkinson offer some compelling thoughts on strategy in their article, “Need Speed? Slow Down,” in the May, 2010 Harvard Business Review. They describe the concept of strategic speed as one of reducing the time it takes to create...
by Art Petty | Apr 14, 2010 | Career, Decision-Making
Really Bad Career Advice: A friend embarking on a next-step job search initiated a conversation with the recruiter she had used for hiring purposes for several years. While most of the conversation was spent listening to how horrible his business was, he finally...
by Art Petty | Mar 14, 2010 | Decision-Making, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Product Management, Project Management, Strategy
Note from Art: What started out as a cup of Leadership Espresso ended up as a Double-Tall! Enjoy the extra sips and let’s hear your thoughts on this important topic. If you were to embark upon a rugged and lonely journey to the top of the mountain to ask for...
by Art Petty | Feb 19, 2010 | Career, Decision-Making
I’ve been harping on personal responsibility at least once per week recently, and can’t quite get it out of my system. I’m bombarded daily with too many examples of people that fail to take responsibility for their actions and in the process, often stop one step...
