Carl Petty
Over the past three decades Carl has led high-performing teams and helped thousands of senior leaders excel as they faced their own leadership challenges. He began his career flying F-14 Tomcats off aircraft carriers, leading dozens of combat missions over Iraq and Bosnia as the youngest mission commander in the #1-ranked fighter squadron in the U.S. Navy, followed by several years flying Tornados as the lone foreign exchange officer in a German fighter squadron. After leaving the Navy as a Lieutenant Commander after 10 years and earning an MBA, Carl commenced his career as a strategy and leadership consultant with Bain and Company and The River Group that spanned 4 continents and a wide variety of industries, including biotech, telecom, hotels, mining, private equity and financial services. Among his accomplishments as a consultant, Carl designed operational performance measurement systems for the world’s largest platinum mining company as well as The World Bank and designed and delivered executive education leadership programs for senior executives in the armed forces and Fortune 500 corporations. He also served as a coach and lecturer in Harvard Business School’s executive education program for C-Suite leaders. Carl earned a B.S. from the U.S. Naval Academy, where he was a Company Commander and foreign exchange officer to the Royal Norwegian Navy, and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Carl has partnered with WisdomTree since 2008 and formally joined the company full time in 2015.
In times of crisis, teams and clients alike benefit from leaders who let go of trying to do it all and instead equip the team with what they need to achieve sustained success. Carl Petty provides leaders with actionable steps to foster clarity, progress and growth on their teams.
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In times of crisis, teams look to their leaders for assurance, clarity and connection. Carl Petty provides leaders with actionable steps to take to serve their teams so they in turn can serve the clients that need them.
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Leaders looking for actions to take in an environment of uncertainty can borrow insights from those flying Navy fighters on the edge. Carl Petty provides leaders with the first steps needed to effectively guide their teams in a time of crisis.
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Many professionals in the world of finance struggle to achieve the full potential of their organizations, teams or even themselves as individuals. Carl Petty discusses the challenges financial advisors and their leaders experience when it comes to human dynamics.
