by Art Petty | Feb 22, 2010 | Career, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
I discovered a long time ago that I was much more effective as a leader and as a father (a much harder job to get right!) if I adopted an approach that emphasized teaching over telling. While there are circumstances where telling is appropriate…the battlefield, the...
by Art Petty | Feb 17, 2010 | Career, Leadership
Another one of my nearly endless and on-going leadership experiments deals with ambiguity in all of its forms and fashions. Many of my exchanges sound like the following, where I annoyingly (to the questioner) dodge giving the answer. “What do you think I should do?”...
by Art Petty | Jan 25, 2010 | Career, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
No one wants to fail. It’s not something that we typically seek out as part of our personal and organizational character building experience. However, from a distance, we tend to mythologize failure, especially in the context of achieving future success. Run a web...
by Art Petty | Jan 15, 2010 | Leadership, Product Management, Project Management
Note from Art: My use of the “Driven Individual” term here encompasses the big-thinkers and game changers that I’ve had the privilege of supporting over my career. I get that there are other types of Driven Individuals…those that will seize a task and not let go...
by Art Petty | Jan 11, 2010 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Project Management
All teams and groups have a rhythm and natural energy for their tasks that ebb and flow based on a variety of factors, including personal, environmental and seasonal to name a few. As a leader, you should be aware of these cycles that are characterized by either...
