by Art Petty | Jul 15, 2008 | Leadership
Learning how to ask compelling questions in a non-threatening manner is one of those unexciting but absolutely critical skills for an emerging leader to develop. Questions are the leader’s lifeblood of information, and like most skills, learning to ask...
by Art Petty | Jul 9, 2008 | Leadership
I am encouraged by the number and the quality of the discussions that I am having with top executives about “how” to create a more effective leadership development culture. Moving beyond the “why” to the “how” is definitely...
by Art Petty | Jun 15, 2008 | Leadership, Leading Change
Jack Welch, in his 2005 book, Winning, offers the following thoughts on change:“For more than a decade, there has been a whole industry devoted to the topic (change), all of it selling pretty much the same line: change or die. Well…it’s true.”Mr. Welch also...
by Art Petty | Jun 9, 2008 | Leadership
One of the highlights of the past few months has been the opportunity to gain some early insight into the forthcoming new book, Tuned In, by Phil Myers, Craig Stull and David Meerman Scott. I'm excited about this book on a number of levels. In a...
by Art Petty | May 31, 2008 | Uncategorized
It was a tough week for blogging. A perfect storm of business and personal schedule challenges conspired to keep me from spending quality time on the blog. OK, and the fact that I have been holding steady at 99 posts for a few days, and somehow it seemed...