by Art Petty | Apr 11, 2011 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change, Management Innovation
Note from Art: effective leaders keep an eye on the future. Instead of my usual soft skills focus, I’m challenging all of us to think about the tools of the trade and our processes for working together. — As technology finally begins to catch up to our...
by Art Petty | Apr 4, 2011 | Career, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change, Project Management
Rule #17: If the flak is heavy, you’re near the target. (No flak, no target.) From Management Lessons of the Memphis Belle copyright: Eric Lieberman and Paul Byrne I’ve yet to accomplish anything worth a damn when I didn’t have a fair number of critics lined up and...
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...
