by Art Petty | Feb 8, 2015 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
The Leadership Caffeine series is over 200 installments strong and is dedicated to every aspiring or experienced leader and manager seeking ideas, insights or just a jolt of energy to keep pushing forward. Thanks for being along for the journey! — There are...
by Art Petty | Jan 4, 2015 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
The Leadership Caffeine series is over 200 installments strong and is dedicated to every aspiring or experienced leader and manager seeking ideas, insights or just a jolt of energy to keep pushing forward. Thanks for being along for the journey! — “A core...
by Art Petty | Oct 28, 2013 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
A good friend and leadership mentor once offered: “you know it’s a bad day at the office when your deodorant fails by 10:30 a.m.” Spend enough time managing and leading and you’re bound to run into a day that resembles this: Your right hand marketing person wants to...
by Art Petty | Jan 17, 2012 | Leadership
From BP and the Deepwater Horizon to the response to Hurricane Katrina to the allegations swirling about the captain, officers and crew of the cruise ship, Costa Concordia, leadership or lack thereof, is always THE issue. It’s hard to fathom that the Captain, the...
by Art Petty | Oct 18, 2009 | Career, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
When faced with unexpected challenges, a good friend of mine intones what I believe is a fitting old Yiddish quote, “Man Plans and God Laughs.” Our modern incarnation of that is a less reverent but eminently understandable, “Stuff Happens.” My word choice here is the...
