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 | Feb 2, 2015 | Art of Managing, Leadership, Strategy
Note from Art: given the recent storms and polar-like weather in the Midwest and Northeast, it seems fitting to revisit the priceless management and leadership lessons gleaned from Amundsen and Scott in their race to 90-degrees south. These lessons never grow cold!...
by Art Petty | Dec 18, 2014 | Art of Managing, Leadership, Management Innovation, 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. — Businesses of all sizes, shapes and ages run into rough patches. Rapid growth, disruptive competitors or...
by Art Petty | Nov 16, 2014 | High Performance Management Teams, Strategy
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. — In the most recent post in this series, I emphasized the...
by Art Petty | Nov 5, 2014 | High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Strategy
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. — The use of the word “team” to reference the collection of a firm’s...
by Art Petty | Oct 29, 2014 | Art of Managing, Management Innovation, 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. — Ram Charan writing in his article, Conquering a Culture of Indecision (found in the HBR 10 Must Reads on...