by Jamie Notter | Jan 14, 2011 | Individual Development, Managing People
Jim Collins is probably best known for his Good to Great book, but I remember seeing a video of him speaking years ago talking about career development. He drew a classic three-circle venn diagram. Two of the circles were "what you love to do" and "what...
by Jamie Notter | Aug 30, 2010 | Individual Development, Leadership, Learning, Truth
The opening round of ASAE recap blog posts have been a bit of a downer. This does not surprise me given the conversations I was having with friends of colleagues towards the end. For one reason or another, the meeting just wasn't as good as the last several years....
by Jamie Notter | Aug 19, 2010 | Individual Development, Leadership
Permit me to sound like a keynote speaker for a minute… If there's ONE THING you remember from this blog post it's this: (dramatic pause…) the reason your organization sucks, is fear. I write about a lot of things. I talk about truth, conflict,...
by Jamie Notter | Jul 15, 2010 | Conflict, Individual Development, Managing People
We spend a lot of time wringing our hands over the problems that "others" have in our lives. The Board isn't strategic enough. The boss doesn't understand me. That department over there is not cooperative or competent. My spouse doesn't...
by Jamie Notter | Jun 25, 2010 | Conflict, Individual Development, Managing People
The title of this post, of course, is the reverse of the popular phrase, "I'll believe it when I see it." In other words, until you show me proof, I'm not sure I'm going to believe you. That is fine, and it reflects our cultural bias...
by Jamie Notter | Jun 25, 2010 | Conflict, Individual Development, Managing People
The title of this post, of course, is the reverse of the popular phrase, "I'll believe it when I see it." In other words, until you show me proof, I'm not sure I'm going to believe you. That is fine, and it reflects our cultural bias...