Delivering Bad News

I am quoted in the May issue of Associations Now. Newton Holt wrote the cover story about how to manage the reactions to your decisions. When he called to interview me a while back, he more specifically was asking me about how you deliver bad news and deal with...

Protecting Your People

I haven’t read the article yet, but Ann Oliveri pointed me to the cover story in Fast Company magazine about Google and this great quote:"We argue about strategy and whether our products are good or bad, whether we’re building the right stuff. We...

Defining How We Will Work Together

In an article about making business alliances work in the November HBR, authors Hughes and Weiss suggest a small number of principles that should guide alliance building. The first suggests focusing less on defining the business plans and more on how you’ll work...

Why Wait?

I was intrigued by a post on the Signals v. Noise blog today. Someone had asked them a question about how they resolved stalemates during their design process. Jason replied that they rarely have them because for most design decisions or changes, they simply do them....

Who’s In Charge?

For my association friends (who I assume are members of ASAE & The Center), the November issue of Associations Now should be hitting your mailbox soon, and I’ve got an article in there titled "Who’s In Charge?" I wrote it based on a series of...

Who's In Charge?

For my association friends (who I assume are members of ASAE & The Center), the November issue of Associations Now should be hitting your mailbox soon, and I’ve got an article in there titled "Who’s In Charge?" I wrote it based on a series of...
Jamie Notter