by Art Petty | Dec 17, 2008 | Marketing
In the spirit of full disclosure, I am a resume hobbyist. I am not an HR professional and I am most definitely not a professional resume writer. I also consciously leave the accent mark off of the word Resume, so get over it. After reviewing untold number of these...
by Art Petty | Dec 12, 2008 | Marketing, Strategy
OK, I received more than a few comments that last week’s reading list was a bit aggressive. Given the season and the fact that we want to leave everyone with adequate time to go out and do their part volunteering as well as stimulating the economy, I’ve trimmed the...
by Art Petty | Dec 2, 2008 | Leadership, Leading Change, Marketing, Product Management, Project Management
I suspect that most readers will agree that examples of management excellence, high performance and great leadership are not the topics dominating the news in this emerging “we’ve never seen anything like this before” economy. Instead, we are fed a constant stream of...
by Art Petty | Dec 1, 2008 | Leadership, Marketing, Strategy
(Note from Art Petty: this is the first post at the new Management Excellence blog. If you are receiving this update via e-mail, please take the opportunity to visit the site and check out the new tools and resources. And of course, the 160 plus posts on Best...
by Art Petty | Oct 2, 2008 | Decision-Making, Marketing, Product Management, Strategy
Students of business history might recognize the quote above as coming from Henry Ford, the founder of Ford Motor Company and one of the early management innovators. Mr. Ford’s quote raises a profound issue of when and how to listen to customers, or perhaps the...
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...
