by Jamie Notter | Oct 27, 2015 | Change, Culture
Quick poll: do these statements accurately describe your organization? We have close to 100% employee engagement (as in your people literally couldn’t imagine working anywhere else) We charge more than our competitors, but still get customers because our work is that...
by Jamie Notter | Oct 5, 2015 | Culture, Individual Development
This post appeared originally on the Switch and Shift blog. It is a commonly accepted truth that having people leave your organization (voluntarily or involuntarily) is a bad thing. At best, people would consider it a necessary evil. After all, we all know that...
by Jamie Notter | Oct 2, 2015 | Culture, Leadership
As I discussed recently, a lot of organizations like to focus on core values when it comes to defining their culture. Most core value lists are frustratingly generic and, in my opinion, do a poor job in actually driving clear behavior or focus among employees. Asking...
by Jamie Notter | Sep 29, 2015 | Culture, Humanize, Inclusion and Diversity, Individual Development
It is with some sadness that I acknowledge that “authenticity” is a buzzword. If you google “authenticity at work,” you’ll find that most of the posts on the first page are offering the COUNTER-point–that authenticity isn’t as...
by Jamie Notter | Sep 23, 2015 | Announcements, Culture
My post last week about Core Values got quite a bit of attention (thank you for the mention, SmartBrief!), so we decided to do this month’s #CultureChat on that topic: the role of core values in culture. Clearly developing core values is a box that many...
by Jamie Notter | Sep 21, 2015 | Culture
Teacher Fitness Tips for Busy School Days Exercising at your desk won’t be such a heavy lift with these tips. Teacher fitness is an important goal, but finding time to exercise when you’re in the classroom all day can be tough. Squeezing it in before...
