by Art Petty | Jun 11, 2010 | Leadership
“That’s an important issue that you’ve raised, and we should talk about it and decide at the right time.” For this manager, it was never the right time. “I’m not making a decision until the facts are clear and I’m comfortable.” The facts were never quite clear enough...
by Art Petty | Jun 11, 2010 | Decision-Making, Leadership
Resources, Great Reads and Sound Bites for Your Summer Weekends Decisions, Decisions In spite of the unfortunate example/timing of BP as an effective decision-making company, the article, “The Decision Driven Organization,” by Marcia Blenko, Michael Mankins and Paul...
by Art Petty | Oct 20, 2008 | Decision-Making, Leadership, Leading Change
While some top executives err on the side of asserting a dictatorial style of leadership that poisons the working environment and stifles independent action, in my experience, many more struggle with just the opposite. Instead of overwhelming their associates with...
by Art Petty | Jul 15, 2008 | Leadership
Learning how to ask compelling questions in a non-threatening manner is one of those unexciting but absolutely critical skills for an emerging leader to develop. Questions are the leader’s lifeblood of information, and like most skills, learning to ask...
by Art Petty | May 12, 2008 | Leadership
This month’s Harvard Business Review finally spoke to a long-standing question/concern that many of us in mid-career (read 40-something or older) have likely pondered: When will the generation that grew up on computers and video games learn to apply the unique...
