by Art Petty | Mar 28, 2011 | Career, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change, Product Management, Project Management
Want to know where to find your best and brightest emerging leaders? Here’s a hint, you’ll have to use your peripheral vision to see them, because they are moving sideways at a high rate of speed. The Rise of the Informal Leader: While it’s unlikely that hierarchical...
by Art Petty | Mar 14, 2011 | Career, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
“The secret to my success as a leader in my business has been my ability to offer well-timed and heartfelt apologies after mucking things up.” The gentleman who offered up this “secret to success” certainly used this tool wisely, judging by the growth of his business...
by Art Petty | Mar 8, 2011 | Career, Leadership
One of the interesting outcomes I’ve observed when engaging truly thoughtful people in the process of understanding the role of a leader and the commitment required for success, is that some people decide it’s not a good fit. They decide to become great followers...
by Art Petty | Feb 28, 2011 | Career, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
How much influence do you have as a leader in your organization? Are you master of your own domain, running a tight ship in your functional area and controlling the flow of people and ideas in and out of your four walls? Or, are you a leader whose reach and reputation...
by Art Petty | Feb 22, 2011 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
Note from Art: this rave was prompted by one too many discussions with good people about the frustration they feel over their firm’s evaluation systems and the lack of good quality developmental feedback. While I’m certain there’s a good 360-degree feedback program...
