Jamie Notter Blog
The Secret to Dealing with Conflict by Email
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Two Numbers that Will Wake You Up
100 million and 77%. The first number represents the number of Millennials in the United States. Only about half of them are in the workforce at the moment, and they will be the ONLY segment in the workforce that grows every year over the next decade (while the rest...
What’s It REALLY Like to Work There?
There is a game we play when organizations hire people, and it's not really serving us. The game centers around what it's REALLY like to work there. In this game, the organization has an interest in spinning the positive. They are trying to attract the best talent,...
The Myth of Millennial Job-Hopping
I talk to a lot of people who worry about retaining Millennial employees. They are concerned that Millennials don't want to stay in any one job for long--that they will jump to a new job in a matter of months or just a year or two. I have heard older workers express...
What’s at the Heart of Every Organization?
Although every organization is unique, nearly all of them share a core approach that is based in one, single field: Engineering. Consider this simple definition of engineering: Engineering combines the fields of science and maths to solve real world problems that...
New Must-Read White Paper on Lean Startup for Associations
Elizabeth Engel from Spark Consulting LLC has a great new white paper out on applying the Lean Startup methodology in the association environment. I only discovered Lean Startup when I heard Eric Ries (author of the book, The Lean Startup) speak at SXSW earlier this...
Conflict Tip: People Want to Be Heard
One reason so many conflicts become "stuck" is that we think the conflict is only about the ideas involved. We forget that it's really about two (or more) human beings in a relationship. So as we get into it, we dive straight into the ideas. You make your point; I...
Next #CultureChat: Culture and Technology
Okay, I apologize for being one week late with Culture Chat--Maddie and I were with a client last Thursday so we couldn't pull it off. But we think this topic is worth waiting for, Culture and Technology: Technology doesn’t just impact productivity and efficiency--it...
What Is the ROI of Your Culture?
Quick poll: do these statements accurately describe your organization? We have close to 100% employee engagement (as in your people literally couldn’t imagine working anywhere else) We charge more than our competitors, but still get customers because our work is that...