by Art Petty | Jan 24, 2016 | Career, Leadership Caffeine, Strategy
Most of us don’t think about leadership and leading in the context of our peers. After all, by definition, there’s no hierarchical relationship between group members. Conventional thinking suggests our peers are our teammates, our colleagues and our fellow managers or...
by Art Petty | Dec 16, 2013 | Art of Managing, High Performance Management Teams, Management Innovation, Strategy
In Part 1 of this series on Creating the High Performance Senior Management Team, I identified a number of key areas where management teams often fail and fail. Here in Part 2, I tackle two critical challenges that CEOs and senior managers must overcome on the road to...
by Art Petty | Jan 25, 2012 | Leadership, Leading Change, Project Management, Strategy
Few would argue that a nimble, quick-to-learn and quick-to-adapt organization is a bad thing. Given the rate of change in our world, those characteristics are increasingly table-stakes for survival and success. Why then has the approach to strategy and the notion of...
by Art Petty | May 11, 2011 | Leadership, Strategy
Fred Hassan’s article, The Frontline Advantage, in the May 2011 Harvard Business Review (subscription required), turns the spotlight on the too-easily ignored and truly critical frontline leaders who make our organizations go and grow. Frontline leaders are of course...
by Art Petty | Dec 8, 2010 | Leadership, Strategy
I started this book series to share the insights and approaches of some truly sharp people on solving vexing business problems. This particular interview with Gary Harpst, author of, Six Disciplines Execution Revolution and the earlier Six Disciplines for Excellence,...
