by Jamie Notter | Sep 23, 2014 | Change, Leadership, Truth
As I typed in the title of this blog post, I asked myself, “Why would I have the need to say that out loud?!” But I do. Because in organizations, many of us are miserable with the way things are, and instead of changing it, we simply conclude that this is...
by Jamie Notter | Sep 19, 2014 | Books and Reading, Managing People
One of the most enduring conclusions that I drew based on the research and writing of Humanize was the idea that when it comes to leadership and management, we have no idea what we’re doing. Seriously, most of our “best practices” are completely made...
by Jamie Notter | Sep 17, 2014 | Conflict, Culture
I spoke about both conflict and culture this week, and at the conflict session a participant asked for advice in dealing with a Board leader who was being somewhat “hard charging” on a conference call. He started by saying his point was...
by Jamie Notter | Sep 15, 2014 | Change, Consulting
I was at an event last week for association CEOs on finding and keeping top talent. The topic of culture was raised repeatedly (yay!), but in the middle of the panel discussion, a CEO of a large and successful association dropped this bomb (not a direct quote, but my...
by Jamie Notter | Sep 12, 2014 | Books and Reading, Culture, Strategy
Today’s Friday Quote is from an article in Harvard Business Review by Darrell Rigby on the need to fuse the digital and brick-and-mortar operations of retail. It’s a useful reminder that organizations–still–are putting themselves at the center...
