Jamie Notter Blog
Competency Models (Yuck!)
The case study in HBR this month is about leadership competency models. I have to say, very few things make me care less than the term “competency model.” In theory I understand they are important—they identify the skills and behaviors you are looking for in...
Actual Leaders on Leadership
This month’s Harvard Business Review has a section up front that is a collection of short essays by business leaders—actual CEOs and executive from high powered corporations. I am extremely impressed with the wisdom they collected. I have already pointed out a quote...
Compassion
At the end of my session Friday, the group asked if I had any final words of wisdom. I like to respond to those requests, even though I don’t have a “stock” answer prepared ahead of time. And although I didn’t make the connection as I was saying it, what I came up...
Slow is the new Fast?
There are a couple of good posts over on the Acronym blog about making “fast” decisions versus making the “right” ones. It started with some comments Jim Collins made in an interview with Scott Briscoe. I had written about that when it came out over on the Association...
Crazy Busy
Edward Hallowell has an article in Associations Now's "Volunteer Leadership" supplement this month. It talks about finding balance and managing time so you don't get "crazy busy" (Hallowell wrote a book by that title). There are lots of great...
Science and Fiction of Meetings
Jeff De Cagna sent me an article from the Sloan Management Review about “the science and fiction of meetings” (thanks, Jeff). Here are some data tidbids: The amount of times we spend in meetings doubled between the 1960s and 1980s, but might be tapering off now....
I’d like to thank the Academy…
I woke up this morning feeling a little guilty about not posting to the blog yesterday, despite having read some great stuff in the new Associations Now, but then I discovered that Ben Martin has bestowed the “best association blogger of 2006” award on me! Although I...
I'd like to thank the Academy…
I woke up this morning feeling a little guilty about not posting to the blog yesterday, despite having read some great stuff in the new Associations Now, but then I discovered that Ben Martin has bestowed the “best association blogger of 2006” award on me! Although I...
Year-End Stats
Well, it is back to the real world after a very restful vacation. Not only did I forego blogging entirely during the break, I even went four days without any internet connectivity. That was nice, until I came back to the thousands of unread emails and blog posts! I’ve...