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and consultant Gary Hamel writes in the preface to his latest book, The Future of Management, that, “Management is out of date.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...
by Art Petty | Dec 2, 2008 | Leadership, Leading Change, Marketing, Product Management, Project Management
I suspect that most readers will agree that examples of management excellence, high performance and great leadership are not the topics dominating the news in this emerging “we’ve never seen anything like this before” economy. Instead, we are fed a constant stream of...
by Art Petty | Aug 27, 2008 | Leadership, Leading Change, Marketing, Project Management
Not surprisingly, it’s often difficult for senior executives and management teams to gain objective feedback on their individual and collective performance. I’ve worked with clients and in organizations where the management team was generally satisfied with their...
