by Art Petty | Feb 24, 2022 | Art of Managing, Career, Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Self-Development, Think Differently
Lessons from Session Four of the Experienced Manager Program The first and last sessions of my leadership development programs are my favorites! I love the excitement that comes from discovering great new professionals and tuning in to who they are and where their...
by Art Petty | Dec 22, 2019 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change, Strategy
Note from Art: a version of this article appeared originally at SmartBrief on Leadership. Organizational Friction Kills Strategy Execution The role of top leaders in guiding strategy creation is well documented. Less understood is that once the strategy is formed and...
by Art Petty | Oct 25, 2019 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change, Management Innovation, Strategy
I am grateful and honored to be a featured writer at SmartBrief on Leadership, and two of my recent contributions are all about the responsibilities and challenges leaders face clarifying and bringing strategy to life. If you or your colleagues are involved in...
by Art Petty | Jul 28, 2019 | High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change, Strategy
Most of us in our working lives have been exposed to what I describe as a trickle-down strategy process. Effectively, the work of baking the strategy starts from on high and flows downward rushing like a waterfall at the top, trailing off to a slow, ineffectual...
by Art Petty | Sep 25, 2017 | High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Project Management, Strategy
Most strategy efforts, like most diets, fail. Or, at least they fail to create the predicted value. While there are plenty of opportunities to come to flawed conclusions about the world and to substitute half-measures or noble goals for real strategy, even if the...
