by Art Petty | Jul 1, 2008 | Leadership
Leaders from the top on down in Not-For-Profits hold an unfair advantage over their erstwhile counterparts in the For-Profit world. Managers in Not-for-Profit are driven by a powerful sense of purpose that delivers meaning and context for even the most mundane...
by Art Petty | Jun 15, 2008 | Leadership, Leading Change
Jack Welch, in his 2005 book, Winning, offers the following thoughts on change:“For more than a decade, there has been a whole industry devoted to the topic (change), all of it selling pretty much the same line: change or die. Well…it’s true.”Mr. Welch also...
by Art Petty | Jun 9, 2008 | Leadership
One of the highlights of the past few months has been the opportunity to gain some early insight into the forthcoming new book, Tuned In, by Phil Myers, Craig Stull and David Meerman Scott. I'm excited about this book on a number of levels. In a...
by Art Petty | Jun 4, 2008 | Uncategorized
A broadcast titled: “The Millennials Are Coming” on 60 Minutes a few weeks ago has sparked a fair amount of water cooler conversation. The theme of this excellent piece is that as these well coddled, got a trophy just for showing up, computer-literate and...
by Art Petty | May 21, 2008 | Leadership
Thankfully, the human brain does a pretty good job of managing memories by helping us smooth out the bad times and enhance the good. This seems to work pretty well for a lot of things in life, with one major exception being our memories of lousy leaders that...