Jamie Notter Blog
A Better Definition of Accountability in the Workplace (4/8/2021)
Please don’t google “definition of accountability in the workplace.” I just did, and the results are seriously disappointing. The posts and articles aren’t horrible, and they raise sensible points like accountability shouldn’t be about punishment and that it’s somehow...
The Top 3 Reasons Why Internal Conflict Needs Your Attention (4/23/2021)
When I tell people that my background is in the field of conflict resolution and my current work is as a consultant to organizations, they assume that my schedule must be constantly full. After all, every organization has tons of conflict. The truth is, the number of...
Stop Settling for 2% (10/12/20)
I feel like the default planning rubric in the association world is “last year plus 2%.” That’s not literal, of course—every association will pick its own growth targets each year for things like membership, attendance at the annual meeting, total sponsorship revenue,...
How To Stop Passively Killing Your Culture (9/24/20)
I often quote a CEO colleague of mine who, when asked if culture is always driven from the top, pointed out that culture lives in everyone’s behavior, so the CEO can’t single handedly drive culture, but “The CEO can kill the culture in a heartbeat.” I think it’s true...
Why the Huge Time Gap in Posts?
I started blogging more than 20 years ago. Originally, my blog was called "Get Me Jamie Notter," and it was hosted on TypePad (remember TypePad!?). Around 2013 I combined the blog with my speaker site and renamed it, simply, Jamienotter.com. I blogged there...
The Importance of Decision Making Role Clarity
I’ve noticed that a lot of our clients are focused on decision making processes when they come up with action plans following their culture assessments. The action plans vary, but they usually involve an effort to clarify decision-making roles inside the organization....
Focus on Helping Your Employees to Be Successful
Normally, as a speaker, the spring is a very busy season for me, with lots of travel for conferences and events. But there is very little, as you all well know, that is “normal” right now. Not only is everyone postponing and cancelling events, employees are now...
Work Doesn’t Have to Suck
In our first two books, Maddie and I were fairly traditional on the dedication page—the first one went out to our respective parents, and the second one was dedicated to our respective kids. So when we put out The Non-Obvious Guide to Employee Engagement last year, we...
The Role of Negotiation in Culture
I spoke last week at the American Cleaning Institute’s national conference, and the attendees were generally from large companies, many with a global footprint. I was presenting on the findings from our When Millennials Take Over book, and one participants asked me...