by Art Petty | Aug 4, 2009 | Career, Decision-Making, Leadership
One of the rude awakenings for leaders promoted from within a team is the uncomfortable recognition that the easy camaraderie of the pre-promotion days immediately gives way to an awkward distancing of relationships. Congratulations on your promotion. Oh, and you’re...
by Art Petty | Jul 31, 2009 | Career
My recent post, “Ghosts of the Economy-Casualties of this Silent War” offered a sobering look at both the personal and societal impact of the economic situation. The comments from the readers were fascinating and in some cases, even more haunting than the post itself....
by Art Petty | Apr 3, 2009 | Career, Leadership, Product Management, Project Management
Note from Art: at least part of this post was prompted by some truly brilliant product managers interacting on twitter. The true-life career horror story is all my own! One of my greatest career misfires was accepting a role in a firm where I had failed to...
by Art Petty | Jan 12, 2009 | Career, Leadership
Every academic quarter for the past few years, a good colleague has invited me to be a guest speaker in her senior-level college management class and talk about leadership. I’m on the schedule tonight and I love this experience. It’s great to have to stand in...
by Art Petty | Aug 14, 2008 | Leadership, Leading Change
In this must-read article: “If You’re Open to Growth, You Tend to Grow,” by Janet Rae-Dupree, Stanford Psychologist Carol Dweck summarizes decades of research into how people think about intelligence and talent with the following:“Those who believe that they...