Bad Apples

The "problem" person. The "bad apple." I hear this all the time in organizations. "What do we do about that one person who is causing trouble for everyone else? The response is typically one of two choices: fix them or fire them. The...

Change Enforcement

There’s an article in the last issue of Association Management about curing “change-o-phobia.” I’ve seen lots of articles like this, all hailing from the land of “change management.” They all have decent things to say, like this one points out that for change to be...

What about my bonus?

I’ve seen a lot of listserve traffic about what kind of bonus or incentive program to give employees. Some of these organizations are nonprofit with fewer than thirty employees, and they typically don’t have too much money at the end of the year to distribute. But...

Big Shoes to Fill

At the ASAE and the Center Annual Meeting last month, I went to a session about surviving the first 100 days as a new CEO. One of the dynamics the presenters described was the challenge of taking over from a “legend” CEO. The September Fast Company issue (a good one,...
Jamie Notter