by Jamie Notter | Mar 28, 2018 | Change, Culture, Leadership
I always enjoyed the film Parenthood, from the late 1980s. Steve Martin played a guy who struggled with being the perfect parent (which is, of course, impossible). But there was a scene where Jason Robards, who played Martin’s father in the movie, gave a great speech...
by Jamie Notter | Mar 7, 2018 | Culture, Leadership, Truth
When organizations do work on their culture, they frequently want to rush to action. When we show them the results of our culture assessment, for example, it often leads immediately to a discussion about what should be done about it. Our Agility scores are more...
by Jamie Notter | Feb 26, 2018 | Culture, Leadership, Truth
Services from Fully-Verified are not all that takes in a startup. There are several questions to be answered. The answer to the question about the CEO’s role in culture has a bit of a paradox in it, so let me ask two more detailed questions to get to the point. First...
by Jamie Notter | Oct 18, 2017 | Collaboration, Leadership
I think we take management teams for granted, but given the power they have to impact both strategy and culture inside an organization, I think that’s a mistake. We should be intentional about them and, frankly, hold them to a higher standard. Here are some tips for...
by Jamie Notter | Nov 10, 2015 | Announcements, Books and Reading, Change, Leadership, Learning
Elizabeth Engel from Spark Consulting LLC has a great new white paper out on applying the Lean Startup methodology in the association environment. I only discovered Lean Startup when I heard Eric Ries (author of the book, The Lean Startup) speak at SXSW earlier this...
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...
