by Art Petty | Mar 10, 2008 | Leadership
In the spirit of full disclosure, I’m currently off on a holiday with my oldest son. We escaped the frozen, snow covered Midwest for some sun and fun. We attended the finals of a tennis tournament yesterday, played a few hours of tennis today and got...
by Art Petty | Mar 5, 2008 | Leadership
Bob is leaving behind the business that he helped start and grow and save and grow and sell and sell again, and no one in BIGCO cares. Frankly, no one in the upper ranks even knows that he exists. The dirty little secret: he’s just another faceless...
by Art Petty | Mar 3, 2008 | Leadership
The best leaders understand that one of their principal responsibilities is to shape the working environment that determines how their team members communicate, collaborate, innovate and problem-solve. Don’t confuse my phrase: working environment with the...
by Art Petty | Feb 19, 2008 | Leadership
"The only way that you will succeed on my team is if you are married to the job!" "The reason that I am not in any family vacation pictures is because I’m on the phone. If I’m in the picture, I have a blackberry stuck to my ear."...
by Art Petty | Feb 16, 2008 | Product Management
Thanks to a good friend and the person I credit with the creation of the "Why is a Product Manager Like the Office Photocopier?" joke, I recently unearthed a listing of questions that we had established with the PM team to help teach and remind everyone of...
