by Art Petty | Feb 22, 2015 | Art of Managing, Leadership, Management Innovation, Project Management, Strategy
The Art of Managing series is dedicated to exploring the critical issues we face in guiding our firms and teams to success in today’s volatile world. — “85-percent of organizational problems are system related and only 15-percent are related to people.”...
by Art Petty | Feb 7, 2015 | Decision-Making, Leadership, Management Innovation, Marketing, Product Management, Project Management, Strategy
A note from Art: I’ve long believed serials are great ways to share stories. Dickens published many of his works in serial format and the dockworkers were reputed to shout from the shore as ships arrived with the latest installment of The Old Curiosity Shop,...
by Art Petty | Dec 16, 2014 | High Performance Management Teams, Project Management
This series at Management Excellence is intended to prompt ideas and promote healthy discussion around the big topic of strengthening the development and performance of senior management teams. — I’m convinced one of the key limiting factors of management team...
by Art Petty | Jun 30, 2014 | Art of Managing, Leadership, Leading Change, Management Innovation, Project Management
The Art of Managing series is dedicated to exploring the critical issues we face in guiding our firms and teams to success in today’s volatile world. — Many firms incorporate something in their values statements that encourages experimentation and...
by Art Petty | Apr 28, 2014 | Art of Managing, High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Leading Change, Management Innovation, Project Management
The Art of Managing series is dedicated to exploring the critical issues we face in guiding our firms and teams to success in today’s volatile world. — Many workplace teams I observe are not much better than the typical nightmarish college class group...
by Art Petty | Apr 13, 2014 | Art of Managing, High Performance Management Teams, Management Innovation, Project Management, Strategy
One of the value killers found inside many organizations is the out of control pursuit of too many new initiatives. The resultant too few resources chasing too many projects, is a sure-fire way to create organizational stress as initiatives fall short, inefficiencies...
