Response to Great Intimidators

I was happy to see a letter to the editor in this month’s Harvard Business Review that challenged the “Great Intimidator” article that I wrote about last month. Walter Carleton gave voice to my frustration with the article, pointing out that citing Richard Nixon,...

ASAE & The Center Annual Meeting Presentation

For those of you that will be attending the ASAE & The Center annual meeting in Boston this August, I’ll be doing a session about conflict. I’ve done a lot of sessions for ASAE & The Center, but this is the first (believe it or not!) that I have...

ASAE & The Center Annual Meeting Presentation

For those of you that will be attending the ASAE & The Center annual meeting in Boston this August, I’ll be doing a session about conflict. I’ve done a lot of sessions for ASAE & The Center, but this is the first (believe it or not!) that I have...

Trust as Foundation

Trust gets mentioned a lot in organizations. I agree it is a terribly important thing, but it is often put up too high on a pedestal. You hear things like:It’s important that we trust each other here.I want you to know that I trust you completelyI wish there were more...

Go Ahead, Take It Personally

In facilitating difficult conversations around conflict in organizations, I hear one consistent request from the participants:People shouldn’t take things personally.If “they” would stop taking things so personally, we could move through these issues more quickly. For...
Jamie Notter