by Art Petty | Nov 4, 2009 | Leadership, Leading Change, Strategy
I’ve long since reduced my lofty goals as a management writer and educator to two: To catalyze a revolution in how we (organizations and managers) develop the next generation of leaders. To demystify the concept of strategy and establish this widely misunderstood...
by Art Petty | Sep 30, 2009 | Decision-Making, Leadership, Leading Change, Marketing, Product Management, Strategy
Note from Art: Leadership is about driving the right results in the right way. We often focus on the interpersonal dynamics of leadership and the characteristics and behaviors of effective leaders. And while those issues are critically important to a firm’s...
by Art Petty | Aug 25, 2009 | Leadership, Leading Change, Strategy
My own personal observation is that the Baldrige National Quality Program is one of the most misunderstood, unknown and poorly marketed great programs for organizations seeking a framework for business performance improvement. Cash for Clunkers, it ain’t! We would all...
by Art Petty | Aug 11, 2009 | Leadership, Leading Change, Marketing, Strategy
While M+A activity has cycled along with the economy there are some signs that deal volume is picking up. In talking with a CEO friend running a smaller tech firm, he indicated that there is increasing buzz about various potential combinations and roll-ups that will...
by Art Petty | Jul 23, 2009 | Decision-Making, Leadership, Leading Change, Strategy
The old adage of “you get what you measure” is an old adage for a reason. It’s generally true. There was the sales manager who implored his team members to focus on finding new customers. The compensation plans were based on a single revenue number, and naturally the...
by Art Petty | Jul 17, 2009 | Decision-Making, Leadership, Leading Change, Management Innovation, Product Management, Project Management, Strategy
Note from Art: this post was prompted based on my general rankling at the annual migration of corporate teams to strategy offsites. There are more effective ways to get organizations focused and moving than this traditionally dysfunctional, low-outcome event, and the...
