by Art Petty | Dec 16, 2013 | Art of Managing, High Performance Management Teams, Management Innovation, Strategy
In Part 1 of this series on Creating the High Performance Senior Management Team, I identified a number of key areas where management teams often fail and fail. Here in Part 2, I tackle two critical challenges that CEOs and senior managers must overcome on the road to...
by Art Petty | Dec 8, 2013 | Art of Managing, Challenging Conversations, High Performance Management Teams, Management Innovation
Note: this is part one of a two-part series (part 2) exploring the issues, challenges and opportunities for senior managers to strengthen group and organizational performance. Let’s start with the contention that a high performance senior management team is one key...
by Art Petty | Oct 14, 2013 | Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change, Management Innovation
You get absolutely nowhere except tired by running in place. In many environments, it seems that we’ve routinized creativity in leading and managing key activities and developing talent right into oblivion. It’s death (or at least plodding slow performance) by...
by Art Petty | Sep 22, 2013 | Art of Managing, Leadership, Management Innovation
It’s all too easy to let ourselves off the hook for the performance of our teams and team members. We often ascribe fault to others or to situations, and all too often we forget to hold ourselves accountable. Psychologists reference this as the fundamental...
by Art Petty | Sep 11, 2013 | Art of Managing, Leadership, Leading Change, Management Innovation
The October, 2013 Harvard Business Review features an interesting article by Harvard Professor, Anita Elberse, focusing on the leadership approaches of Sir Alex Ferguson during his extremely successful 26 season run leading the Manchester United football club. Of the...
by Art Petty | Sep 9, 2013 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change, Management Innovation
Looking for a boost in morale and team or departmental performance? Try spending some time helping your colleagues connect their work efforts and goals to the bigger picture of your firm’s strategy. Much of our workplace communication is transactional in nature, and...
