by Art Petty | Jul 9, 2008 | Leadership
I am encouraged by the number and the quality of the discussions that I am having with top executives about “how” to create a more effective leadership development culture. Moving beyond the “why” to the “how” is definitely...
by Art Petty | Jul 7, 2008 | Leadership, Product Management, Project Management, Strategy
Ever since terms like reengineering, right sizing and downsizing became part of the corporate lexicon; midlevel managers have been taking it on the chin. This once populous class has been synergized and right-sized almost to extinction. Those that remain...
by Art Petty | Jun 8, 2008 | Leadership, Marketing, Product Management, Project Management
G. Michael Maddock and Raphael Viton writing in the Innovation Engine column at BusinessWeek online, offer a sobering look at the Ten Reasons Your Next Launch Will Fail. From the propensity of companies to create solutions for unknown problems...
by Art Petty | May 17, 2008 | Leadership
Chances are if you are like most of the business professionals that take the 10 question Leadership Culture Index below, your organization can use some improvement. A lot of improvement. I deliver this simple and I’m sure non-scientific survey (see...
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...
