by Art Petty | Sep 1, 2026 | Ideas for Leadership Success, Lead, Leadership, Leading Change, Manage, Self-Development, Strengthening as a Communicator, Think Differently, Thrive
I’ve had a lifelong love of receiving publications that make me think. I love authors and ideas that spur the imagination, challenge convention, and raise possibilities. As a teen, I made the regular trip to the mailbox hoping to find the latest science fiction pulp...
by Art Petty | May 20, 2021 | Art of Managing, Challenging Conversations, Emerging Leaders, High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Leadership Power-Ups, Self-Development, The Leadership Opportunity
OK, the topic of feedback isn’t stand-up comedy funny. It’s funny as in odd because there are so many contradictions surrounding it. What the Experts Say About Feedback Run a search on “Feedback” at Harvard Business Review (subscription), and...
by Art Petty | Dec 22, 2019 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change, Strategy
Note from Art: a version of this article appeared originally at SmartBrief on Leadership. Organizational Friction Kills Strategy Execution The role of top leaders in guiding strategy creation is well documented. Less understood is that once the strategy is formed and...
by Art Petty | Apr 11, 2019 | Challenging Conversations, Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Leading Change, Project Management, Strategy
Black Holes, Missed Opportunities, and Alternate Universes Leading the sales efforts for multiple software firms throughout my career, one of the issues that kept me awake at night was the idea that there were deals out there we didn’t know about in spite of our...
by Art Petty | Aug 27, 2018 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change, Management Innovation, Project Management, Strategy
I like curious leaders and managers, and I love curious employees. There’s something invigorating about working with individuals curious about what makes things work or why things are done the way they are. And there’s something exhilarating in bringing a program or...
