by Art Petty | May 5, 2009 | Career, Leadership
At the beginning of my leadership workshops, one of the ice-breaking activities is to have the participants think about and jot down the characteristics and behaviors of great and lousy leaders that they’ve experienced in their careers. It’s always fun...
by Art Petty | May 4, 2009 | Career, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
I’m taking my morning coffee to go for the first few days this week as I catch a commuter train into downtown Chicago to run a leadership workshop at The Data Warehouse Institute’s World Conference. The audience at this week’s conference is predominantly technical as...
by Art Petty | Apr 28, 2009 | Leadership, Leading Change, Strategy
There is a fascinating article on Change Management in a recent issue (Issue 2/2009) of the McKinsey Quarterly (subscription required) by Carolyn Aiken and Scott Keller, entitled: “The Irrational Side of Change Management.” And while much has been written over the...
by Art Petty | Apr 24, 2009 | Career, Decision-Making, Leadership, Product Management, Project Management
Whether you are a first-time leader, an experienced manager taking over a new team or an informal leader such as a project or product manager, you will be as successful as you are credible. Your credibility is your professional bedrock. Build on it carefully and...
by Eric Lieberman | Apr 21, 2009 | Decision-Making, Leadership, Leading Change
Note from Art: Eric Lieberman is back as a guest author with his second installment of Management Lessons from the Memphis Belle. The “Rules” were created by Eric and his colleague, Paul Byrne, while they were leading a software company turn-around. They...
