Jamie Notter Blog
The Link Between Culture and Strategy on #CultureChat
We've all heard the mantra, "Culture eats strategy for breakfast," but is it true? What exactly is the relationship between culture and strategy? I have argued that they are two sides of the same coin and that culture should always be connected to what drives the...
Your Millennials Are Frustrated
When we did our interviews with Millennials as part of the research for When Millennials Take Over, we were struck by how...perplexed the Millennials were with the way organizations are run. They just don't understand why they are forced to use outdated or ineffective...
How to Win the War for Talent
Everyone wants the best talent. We hope that our salary and benefits packages are attractive enough to draw in the best people in for all of our positions, but if we face the facts, reality can be somewhat disappointing--most of us have competitors out there who have...
Be Relevant to Your Future Workforce
At conferences, I frequently take part in conversations around diversity, which often drift toward the need to provide a "business case" for diversity. While the concept of a business case is certainly fine--we should always manage in ways that explicitly help the...
Can Your Board Handle Conflict?
There is a lot of pressure on Board of Directors. They come together for a very short amount of time and are expected to make informed decisions on some rather weighty and important topics, plus network with each other, plus maybe even have some fun every now and...
Culture and Strategy are Two Sides of the Same Coin
This post was originally published on the Switch and Shift blog There’s a lot being written about organizational culture “eating strategy for lunch,” and I certainly understand the sentiment. Most of us have heard about companies who might have chosen a sound...
Ready to Promote Your Millennials 2 or 3 Levels?
While I scoffed a bit at this summer's HBR Cover story because it started with the stale mantra of "HR needs a seat at the leadership table," I do want to draw attention to one of the more interesting points in the article, which focused on the need for organizations...
Culture Is Everyone’s Job
Every single one of us creates the culture where we work through our behaviors, thoughts, and words. We are all a part of that. So as we go about our work, we make choices about what to say, what to do, and how to approach things. In those choices we create culture....
Changing an Existing Culture on #CultureChat This Week
This Thursday we'll be hosting another #CultureChat on twitter, and our topic will focus in on the what, when, and how of changing an existing culture. I find that a lot of the organizations with really amazing cultures grew up like that. Their founders created that...