by Jamie Notter | Apr 23, 2008 | Books and Reading
Before I forget, Joe Raasch, of the Happy Burro Blog, tagged me on a "What are You reading" blog chain letter, so here goes. Also, for some reason I’m supposed to quote sentences six through eight of page 123 on the book I’m reading. The current...
by Jamie Notter | Apr 22, 2008 | Generational Diversity, Leadership, Managing People
I listened to a virtual seminar last week that ASAE & The Center put on about engaging members and staff of younger generations. Since I have a book on the topic, I was interested to hear how this author, Michael Muetzel, tackled the subject. I am pleased to...
by Jamie Notter | Apr 15, 2008 | Change, Leadership
Last week I blogged about people versus systems, and Jeff De Cagna added the following comment:Jamie, let’s take this conversation into the volunteer realm, in which associations do not have all of the flexibility they would like in choosing "the...
by Jamie Notter | Apr 14, 2008 | Change, Individual Development
There has been some conversation on the ASAE listserve about social responsibility and the environment: in short, can we change the way we do things (flying all over the place to attend meetings, for instance) so that we are better aligned with our goal to preserve...
by Jamie Notter | Apr 11, 2008 | Leadership, Managing People
Chris Bailey wrote a nice post a few days ago about systems versus people. He quotes two of my favorite authors, Pfeffer and Sutton, who argue that systems will trump individual effort, so before you fire that bad person, try redesigning systems or jobs. Steve Roesler...
