by Art Petty | Jul 21, 2023 | Art of Managing, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change, Strategy, The Leadership Opportunity, Think Differently
It’s the perfect time in our world to vanquish the long-perpetuated and unproductive myth that leaders are somehow meaningfully different from managers. This distinction—perpetuated mainly by consultants and academics puts the practice of leadership on a...
by Art Petty | Oct 28, 2019 | Art of Managing, First Time Manager Series, Leadership
There’s a great article in the October 28, 2019, Wall Street Journal (tiered subscription model), by Dr. Robert I. Sutton, entitled: Bosses Get Out of Your Employees’ Way. Read it if you have access. Dr. Sutton’s work is always research-backed, so...
by Art Petty | Jul 18, 2008 | Leadership
The Poor Interviewing Habits of Many Managers You would think that we would have this problem crossed off the list by now. I wonder how organizations and leaders in good faith can let managers recruit talent without teaching them HOW to interview and holding...
by Art Petty | Jun 16, 2008 | Leadership, Leading Change
There's an interesting post today in the Harvard Business Review Working Knowledge newsletter entitled "Why Don't Managers Think Deeply?" Professor James Heskett highlights GE CEO Geoffrey Immelt's recent pronouncements that he is: looking for...
by Art Petty | May 21, 2008 | Leadership
Thankfully, the human brain does a pretty good job of managing memories by helping us smooth out the bad times and enhance the good. This seems to work pretty well for a lot of things in life, with one major exception being our memories of lousy leaders that...
