by Jamie Notter | Jun 12, 2014 | Change, Culture
Most organizations don’t talk about their culture too much. We’re too busy doing the work, and the culture sits in the background mostly. It’s how we do things here, but that doesn’t mean we need to talk about it. It is what it is. At some...
by Jamie Notter | Jun 10, 2014 | Change, Managing People
One of the reasons I think so many organizations are stuck is that they have too much of management set on auto-pilot. There are too many things that we do in managing our organizations that are done automatically, without thinking, and without questioning. Think...
by Jamie Notter | Jun 6, 2014 | Generational Diversity, Inclusion and Diversity
I speak on the topic of Generational Diversity frequently. In fact, I’m talking to a group of HR folks in Lancaster, PA on Tuesday on the topic. And I enjoy it. I know I’m a bit of a geek about it, but I like talking about the actual theory that explains...
by Jamie Notter | Jun 3, 2014 | Culture
I saw on the HBR blog that Zappos no longer does job postings. They had 30,000 applications for only 300 positions, and it was becoming cumbersome. Instead, they have created a Zappos Insider program where people can simply get to know some real people inside Zappos....
by Jamie Notter | May 28, 2014 | Books and Reading, Leadership
Do Lead: Share your vision. Inspire others. Achieve the impossible by Les McKeown Do Book Co, 2014 In Chapter 3 of Humanize, Maddie and I take to task the authors, experts, and even “gurus” on the topic of leadership. As important as the concept is, we point out that...