by Jamie Notter | Jan 28, 2015 | Inclusion and Diversity, Leadership, Managing People, Truth
It’s not a random collection of your “best” people. We tend to think that putting the smartest, most capable people together on a team is the best decision, but some research I saw reported in the New York Times says otherwise. High IQs of team...
by Jamie Notter | Jan 15, 2015 | Strategy, Truth
Everyone knows that you have to set goals in order to be successful, right? There are data to back up that assertion. I don’t remember the exact source now, but I remember hearing a study that saw a correlation with significantly higher salaries for people who...
by Jamie Notter | Jan 5, 2015 | Change, Truth
On the last day of 2014, I made the mistake of getting a prescription filled. I didn’t intend to do it that day. That just happened to be the day I went to the doctor and he called it in to my local CVS. I showed up at the pharmacy a good six hours after it was...
by Jamie Notter | Dec 8, 2014 | Conflict, Leadership, Truth
There is a down side to this wonderful human brain that we all have in our heads, and that is that sometimes we can spend too much of our time living up there in our heads, and not down here in reality. This is particularly true when you face a challenge–a...
by Jamie Notter | Nov 6, 2014 | Culture, Leadership, Truth
“Community” is a big word in my circles, particularly in this day and age of online communities. There seem to be a lot of people in organizations who fret about their need to “build” community for their members or customers, and for large...
by Jamie Notter | Oct 6, 2014 | Conflict, Leadership, Truth
You may not want to hear about this, but it is an absolute fact that sometimes you will trust people, and they will let you down. It has to happen. If it didn’t happen, then trust would not really be an issue. As I heard someone say once, if you caught a fish...
