by Art Petty | Jan 30, 2008 | Leadership
The January 22, 2008 Wall Street Journal included an article in Jared Sandberg’s weekly Cubicle Culture column, entitled: Why Learn and Grow on the Job? It’s Easier to Feign Infallibility, that fits nicely with my recent posts on leadership decision...
by Art Petty | Jan 29, 2008 | Leadership
One of the most common mistakes of leaders of all experience levels is failing to act in a timely manner on poor performers. This is certainly consistent with our firm’s findings in interviews and surveys over the past two years, where the winner for ...
by Art Petty | Jan 28, 2008 | Leadership
I worked for two executives with very different styles in my first job out of college. The first executive, Tom, was a polished professional that liked to study a problem, gather the facts, look at the situation from all angles and then sleep on it. And...
by Art Petty | Jan 25, 2008 | Leadership, Strategy
(The following is a figment of my imagination only and any resemblance to anyone living, dead or otherwise is purely accidental. I had a horrible consultant’s dream the other night, where I found myself shouted down in a planning session when I had the temerity to...
by Art Petty | Jan 24, 2008 | Leadership
One of the wonderful benefits of modern technology is the ability of organizations to scale without investing in bricks and mortar. It is commonplace in a number of industries for people to work together for years and never set eyes on each other. It’s also...
