Jamie Notter Blog
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 back on...
Staff Meeting or Strategic Conversation?
Next month I will be speaking at ASAE & The Center’s annual “Great Ideas Conference.” This time I am doing a session about staff meetings. The title of the session is “Turning Staff Meetings into Strategic Conversations.” This session started with some work I did...
Getting Unstuck
There is an article in a journal called OD Practitioner (which is the journal of the Organization Development Network, a professional association to which I belong) about conflict resolution, written by Ken Cloke and Joan Goldsmith (who happen to be friends of my...
Applying “Always Done It That Way”
Many thanks to Sue Pelletier for talking about our We Have Always Done It That Way book on her blog. She is specifically asking for people who have read the book and are applying the lessons to contact her. Let me second that notion. We really want to hear about how...
Applying "Always Done It That Way"
Many thanks to Sue Pelletier for talking about our We Have Always Done It That Way book on her blog. She is specifically asking for people who have read the book and are applying the lessons to contact her. Let me second that notion. We really want to hear about how...