by Art Petty | Jan 3, 2011 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
The modern-day practice of alchemy is only metaphorically about the search for a method to turn lead into gold. Instead of the medieval pursuit by alchemists of a magical chemical conversion process to change one element into another, modern practitioners are focused...
by Art Petty | Dec 13, 2010 | Career, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
It’s easy to start believing the praise you hear in the hallways about your leadership approach. Easy and dangerous. I’ve always been leery of the unfounded and saccharine-sweet praise that is bestowed upon leaders. While you may call me cynical, I prefer to think of...
by Art Petty | Nov 28, 2010 | Career, Decision-Making, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
Like good health, you cannot have too much credibility as a leader. Too many leaders swim through their corporate and organizational lives oblivious to the reality that their actions, utterances, decisions and even the most casual of their interactions are all...
by Art Petty | Nov 21, 2010 | Career, Decision-Making, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
I’ve made a number of mistakes over the course of my leadership career that make my head spin and my stomach turn just thinking about them. No life or death or business impacting mistakes, but, definitely some people and team impacting issues that created ill will...
by Art Petty | Nov 15, 2010 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
The short, important and seemingly harmless word, “I,” is a potentially lethal weapon of morale and credibility destruction when used for evil or ego instead of for good. It’s so powerful in fact, that I envision a future world where leaders wear the...
