by Jamie Notter | May 6, 2013 | Change, Managing People
I saw a blog post the other day that said it is “almost cliche” now to point out that employees are not motivated by money, as if everyone now knows that is true. Dan Pink perhaps leads the way in advancing this idea in his awesome book, Drive. He’s...
by Jamie Notter | May 3, 2013 | Announcements, Change, Culture
I’ve got a cool webinar coming up next week: Transforming Your Culture from Toxic to Humanized. I’m giving it with Brad Palmer, who is the CEO of a very cool software company, Jostle, that I’ve written about before on the SocialFish blog. In my part...
by Jamie Notter | Mar 4, 2013 | Announcements, Change
I am seeing a window of opportunity for organizations today, and for the people who lead them. There is a shift happening right now in leadership and management, away from traditional command and control, and towards a more social business. But at this point,...
by Jamie Notter | Feb 26, 2013 | Change, Social Media
I spent yesterday at a fabulous conference–xPotomac (formerly Blog Potomac), which focuses on social media and new technologies for mostly marketing and PR folks. It was a great event: limited in number of attendees, with speakers who spent as much time doing...
by Jamie Notter | Feb 21, 2013 | Change, Humanize, Social Media
This week I had the great pleasure of being a very active part of the TalentCulture community. On Tuesday, I was the guest on the BlogTalkRadio show hosted by Kevin Grossman and Meghan Biro, and on Wednesday I was the moderator of the weekly #TChat twitter chat. In...
by Jamie Notter | Feb 7, 2013 | Change, Consulting, Culture
I like this brief report from some McKinsey consultants (who have written a pretty good book too). The first conclusion in the study is one that is not new, but still bears repeating: culture matters. I love this selection of quotes they choose: “Fixing culture is the...
