by Jamie Notter | Feb 19, 2014 | Culture, Leadership
This is a guest post from Eric Lanke, CEO of the National Fluid Power Association How do association executives build and sustain the culture of their organizations? Specifically, what is the CEO’s role versus others in the organization’s hierarchy?...
by Jamie Notter | Feb 13, 2014 | Culture, Leadership
I attended a session this week about leadership development in the association world. We talked about different leadership styles, and the need to adapt your style to fit the context, and then we talked about leadership development programs for volunteers. The...
by Jamie Notter | Jan 30, 2014 | Culture, Humanize, Leadership
Transparency is one of the 12 human principles that Maddie and I wrote about in Humanize, and it’s one I come back to frequently. Along with decentralization, collaboration, and experimentation, I’d put transparency in my “core four” principles...
by Jamie Notter | Jan 29, 2014 | Leadership, Managing People
Well, the comparison may not be as flattering as you think. A few years ago, the BMW M5 sedan came with a 500-horsepower, 10-cylinder engine and the best led headlight bulbs. That’s practically NASCAR power. I had a friend who bought one and actually had to...
by Jamie Notter | Jan 28, 2014 | Leadership, Truth
I make this point all the time in my speaking and consulting, yet I don’t think I have ever blogged about it directly. We all want trust. We want to be able to trust our colleagues in the workplace, and we certainly want to be trusted by them. A...
by Jamie Notter | Jan 27, 2014 | Books and Reading, Culture, Leadership
Small Giants: Companies that Choose to Be Great Instead of Big by Bo Burlingham Portfolio, 2005 As you can see, this is not a new book–bordering on 10 years old–but it’s worth a review, because it has some really good ideas in it, backed by good...
