Jamie Notter Blog
Top 5 Always Done It That Way Posts: Number 3
Time for another one of my top five postings from the Always Done It That Way book. This one is number three on the list, and it is about avoiding that sticky discussion of who actually is “in charge.” Avoiding Clarity About Who Is in Charge We sometimes hear leaders...
Margaret Wheatley on Fear
I want to draw your attention to a very powerful piece written by Margaret Wheatley. She is a great leadership author, and I particularly like Leadership and the New Science and Finding Our Way. She spoke at a conference last June and talked about the topic of...
Would You Tell Your Boss They’re No Good?
Shawn Lea wrote an interesting post over on the Acronym blog about the fact that managers overwhelmingly rate themselves as good managers, but their employees…not so much (92% versus 67%). One of the studies she quoted said that really only one third of managers will...
Would You Tell Your Boss They're No Good?
Shawn Lea wrote an interesting post over on the Acronym blog about the fact that managers overwhelmingly rate themselves as good managers, but their employees…not so much (92% versus 67%). One of the studies she quoted said that really only one third of managers will...
Conflict Is Good
Check out this neat post on Signals v Noise about conflict being good for business. I like that they emphasize that you have to be careful about how you start the conflict:If you decide to stir the pot, be sure to do it in a mature way:Be sincere. Don’t make up...
Top 5 Always Done It That Way Posts: Number 4
I'm putting up my top five posts from our We Have Always Done It That Way book. You can see number five here, and number four has to do with conflict and email. I am planning on expanding on this post, by the way, and writing an e-book about it (but no promises on a...
Never Having to Say You’re Sorry
I thought this post on the FCNow blog was interesting, and it touched on a pet peeve of mine: what they call the "non-apology apology." In extreme, it looks like this: I apologize if anything I might have said may have hurt or upset you in any way.All those...
Never Having to Say You're Sorry
I thought this post on the FCNow blog was interesting, and it touched on a pet peeve of mine: what they call the "non-apology apology." In extreme, it looks like this: I apologize if anything I might have said may have hurt or upset you in any way.All those...
Working With Trust
Great article in HBR this month about trust. Trust is a huge issue for me, and I see it all the time in organizations. It was “half” of an article I co-wrote for the Journal of Association Leadership a couple of years ago on trust and conflict. One of the challenges...