Relationships Matter

I love Margaret Wheatley’s writing, and she has a great article in Associations Now this month. Really, you should read the whole thing. Herre’s my favorite quote:Many of our frequent and recurring failures in organizations are a consequence of miscomprehending the...

Here but Not There

The Fast Company blog has weighed in on the recent trend of violence in professional basketball. The Denver Nuggets and the New York Knicks are the latest to get attention for players beating each other up on national television. Learn More Here to make it...

What is Participation?

I just used a quote in response to David Gammel’s comment to my last post, but as I look at it, I think it is good enough to get its own post. It is from Ed Schein, who is a great scholar and practitioner in the organization development field, known particularly for...

But I am NOT a micromanager!

Here are some words of “wisdom” from an article in Forum magazine:CEOs should delegate and should avoid micromanaging. But they should never fail to supervise. The buck stops with the CEO. They ultimately are responsible, not the person to whom a matter was delegated....

It Makes Sense to Me

I found this great quote in a post on Patty Digh’s blog:In times of panic, or fear, we create whole worlds of sense in our minds.Her point was that these worlds only actually make sense in your mind. Not to other people, and often not to yourself when you look...
Jamie Notter