Communicating versus Deciding

I am ashamed at how long it has been since I covered an interesting article in Harvard Business Review. In fact, I'm not going to look back to see how long it has been! But on a plane ride I managed to read the September issue, and a couple of quotes caught my...

A School of SocialFish

I am a huge fans of both Lindy Dryer and Maddie Grant. They are both relative newcomers to the Association Blogging world, but they are already running circles around veterans like me these days. One thing I like about both of them is that they are doers....

Listening and Leadership

Thanks to Joe Gerstandt for pointing me to an article by Otto Scharmer on the "Blind Spot" of leadership. Honestly, I get mixed feelings when I read articles like this. At one level I am very excited by the depth and power of what Scharmer has written. I...

How Do You Know It Worked?

Blogging and Twitter superstar Maddie Grant actually posted all the comments she got on her evaluation form when she and Jeff De Cagna did a pecha kucha session at the ASAE annual meeting in San Diego. I thought their session was excellent. Convening a group at the...

With All Due Respect…

With all due respect, I think we should eliminate the phrase "with all due respect" from use! I hear it all the time, and it ostensibly is trying to reassure someone that even though I disagree with you, that doesn’t mean I don’t respect you as a...
Jamie Notter