by Art Petty | Feb 6, 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. — I reference Geoffrey Moore’s 2011 book, Escape Velocity regularly in my management writing because it is...
by Art Petty | Jan 23, 2014 | Art of Managing, High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Management Innovation, Strategy
Note from Art: several metaphors were mixed and then massacred to create this post! — One of the “Entrenched Myths” of management that Jim Collins and Morton Hansen tackle in Great By Choice is the idea that innovation can explain the performance differences....
by Art Petty | Jan 20, 2014 | Art of Managing, High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change, Strategy
The Leadership Caffeine series is over 200 installments strong and is dedicated to every aspiring or experienced leader seeking ideas, insights or just a jolt of energy to keep pushing forward. Thanks for being along for the journey! — For leaders at all levels,...
by Art Petty | Jan 9, 2014 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Strategy
The Leadership Caffeine series is over 200 installments strong and is dedicated to every aspiring or experienced leader seeking ideas, insights or just a jolt of energy to keep pushing forward. Thanks for being along for the journey! — Deming’s idea of...
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 | Nov 24, 2013 | Art of Managing, Leadership, Strategy
In an article in the Sunday Chicago Tribune, Edward Lampert, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sears Holding Corp offers, “We don’t have a sales problem. What we have is a profit problem, and that’s what we’re intending to address.” Mr....
