by Jamie Notter | Feb 23, 2010 | Leadership, Strategy
I love the association community, but I don't like our obsession with "best practices." Having said that, I have to admit that I get some benefit from the obsession. Volunteer Boards I think get a lot of comfort out of the idea–that we, the...
by Jamie Notter | Feb 22, 2010 | Announcements, Leadership, Strategy
In September, I wrote a blog post titled "Relevance Is Not Enough." Building off the writing of Jeff De Cagna and Maddie Grant, I made the argument that being relevant to members will not drive growth. It was one of my favorite posts, and it struck a chord...
by Jamie Notter | Feb 17, 2010 | Change, Truth
My last two posts about truth have generated some of the best comments this blog has ever seen. I quoted Joe Gerstandt's comment in the second post, and that one generated an equally awesome comment from Lindy Dreyer. Her question was bout leading change when...
by Jamie Notter | Feb 10, 2010 | Conflict, Generational Diversity, Managing People
I was in Florida last week testing out a pilot training program on managing generations and conflict in the workplace. It was the first time I really combined these two topics into a training session. It’s a lot of material to cover, obviously, and it was a...
by Jamie Notter | Feb 3, 2010 | Culture, Leadership, Truth
Last week I suggested that if you want a culture of truth in your organization, perhaps that needs to start at the top. Several of the comments chimed in with a "you're darn right it does." The top controls resources, the top decides strategy, the top...