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Life and Leadership Lessons from My Dad’s Early Life 

Life and Leadership Lessons from My Dad’s Early Life 

by Art Petty | Sep 21, 2025 | Life Musings

Photo: One of the few childhood photos of my Dad. Dad is the boy in the center. — I wrote recently about the journey and travails we navigated this past Summer as my Dad struggled and eventually passed. In this and one more planned article, I share some of the...
Who’s Your Leadership Role Model?

Who’s Your Leadership Role Model?

by Art Petty | Apr 5, 2019 | Just One Thing, Leadership, Leadership Power-Ups

Every semester as part of a kick-off for the leadership module in an online management course I ask participants two simple questions: Who’s your leadership role model? How did they affect you? And, every semester I’m awestruck by the stories and humbled to be...

This Marine Fights-Life and Leadership Lessons from a Family Hero

by Art Petty | Feb 26, 2010 | Leadership

A fair number of the people that follow this blog and my twitter feed are familiar with the events surrounding my father-in-law’s open heart surgery during the past week.  Your many thoughts and prayers and the work of the skilled and dedicated medical...

Back to School: Teachers are Our Early Leaders-Have You Thanked The Ones that Made a Difference?

by Art Petty | Aug 19, 2009 | Career, Leadership

Note from Art: Every year I write a “Back to School” piece to celebrate what I believe is one of the great milestones of the year.  While your teenagers might beg to disagree, in reality, most are bored by summer vacation and ready to get back to friends, football...

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