by Art Petty | Oct 15, 2010 | Decision-Making, Leadership
If you’ve ever been the parent of the patient in a hospital, you know that you are hypersensitive to everything going on with your child. Spend a few weeks camping out in the hospital room, and you’ll feel like you’ve earned at least your first semester’s credits for...
by Art Petty | Oct 14, 2010 | Leadership
Our family is coming through a challenging period after an unexpected healthcare emergency with our oldest son. Thankfully, all is improving, and our focus is now on helping him convalesce and resume the life of a 21-year old college senior. With almost a month to...
by Art Petty | Sep 21, 2010 | Career, Challenging Conversations, Leadership, Project Management
Over the past several years beginning with my work for my first book, Practical Lessons in Leadership, with my co-author, Rich Petro, I’ve made a professional hobby out of exploring the fascinating and very real fear that so many people have for delivering...
by Art Petty | Sep 19, 2010 | Decision-Making, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
Take a few minutes to think about the best leaders that you’ve ever worked for. What terms best describe them? Chances are the word “consistent” didn’t show up in the top five. Perhaps it should. Consistency may just be the very unsexy and uninspiring element to your...
by Art Petty | Sep 9, 2010 | Leadership, Project Management, Strategy
I’ve written on the topic of Strategy Fueled Leadership several times, and fresh off of a great podcast interview with Gary Harpst, author of Six Disciplines Execution Revolution (stay tuned for my posting) and my recent interview with Jocelyn Davis for Strategic...