by Art Petty | May 1, 2008 | Leadership
I wrote a post a few months ago about how the best leaders and teams leverage economic downturns to strengthen their business. Surviving an economic downturn is one thing, surviving while your company is in the process of slowly imploding offers a completely...
by Art Petty | Apr 22, 2008 | Leadership
Undoubtedly, one of the most difficult and awkward professional transitions is the jump from team member to team manager. The people that you’ve worked with side by side, joked with and shared lunch with are no longer your peers, they are your employees,...
by Art Petty | Apr 15, 2008 | Leadership, Strategy
As a leader, imagine having a metaphorical tool at your beck and call that was capable of catalyzing action, focusing the collective energies of your team members and providing a greater sense of purpose to everyone around you. This tool is strategy and all too...
by Art Petty | Apr 10, 2008 | Leadership
My casual poll of business friends and gym associates that are also amateur tri-athletes (admittedly, a small sample set) indicates that the least-enjoyable, most difficult segment of the triathlon is the swimming leg. (No surprise here, especially for someone who...
by Art Petty | Apr 2, 2008 | Project Management, Strategy
"It’s a dirty little secret: Most executives cannot articulate the objective, scope, and advantage of their business in a simple statement. If they can’t, neither can anyone else," indicate David J. Colliss and Michael G. Rukstad in the opening of their...
