by Art Petty | Jan 12, 2009 | Career, Leadership
Every academic quarter for the past few years, a good colleague has invited me to be a guest speaker in her senior-level college management class and talk about leadership. I’m on the schedule tonight and I love this experience. It’s great to have to stand in...
by Art Petty | Dec 11, 2008 | Leadership
I am one of 13 million or so people in the state of Illinois who along with another few hundred million around the country and perhaps the globe, are watching in horror and fascination at the saga unfolding around the state’s (for the moment) leader and Governor, Rod...
by Art Petty | Dec 10, 2008 | Leadership
I’ve written before on the Art of Asking Questions, but I tripped across the concept of the Questions to Comments ratio somewhere in my travels recently, and I really like it. (I would love to give someone attribution if I could recall who it was that offered up this...
by Art Petty | Dec 9, 2008 | Decision-Making, Leadership, Leading Change, Management Innovation, Project Management
Author and consultant Gary Hamel writes in the preface to his latest book, The Future of Management, that, “Management is out of date. Like the combustion engine, it’s a technology that has largely stopped evolving and that’s not good.” Hamel challenges leaders and...
by Art Petty | Dec 7, 2008 | Leadership
Throughout my career, Sunday evening has been my “boot up” time for the week. I like to go to bed on Sunday night knowing my goals for the week and I like waking up feeling energized, organized and ready to conquer the world. Additionally, I’m a firm believer that I...
