by Jamie Notter | Nov 17, 2006 | Conflict, Culture, Managing People
I like the article in HBR about “ambiguous threats” this month. I wrote about it on the Association Renewal blog in relation to the dangers of “data-driven” cultures. But I wanted to talk about it here in the way it talks about the “human factor,” even in dealing with...
by Jamie Notter | Oct 11, 2006 | Culture, Inclusion and Diversity, Individual Development
The FCNow blog pointed me to a very interesting article they have (available to everyone) on their website. It’s by Margaret Heffernan and it is partially about women and diversity in the workplace, but it goes beyond that and has a couple of really good concepts. The...
by Jamie Notter | Jul 19, 2006 | Conflict, Culture, Managing People
HBR’s summer issue is about sales—not really the focus of my work. But there was a good one about stopping the “war” between the sales and marketing departments. I like this one, because even if your organization doesn’t HAVE both sales and marketing departments, it’s...
by Jamie Notter | May 24, 2006 | Culture, Leadership
There’s another story in Fast Company this month about two leaders who did a massive turnaround at an advertising company. One of the leaders was shocked to find that the rising stars in the organization not only didn’t work together much—some of them hadn’t met each...
by Jamie Notter | May 10, 2006 | Culture, Leadership, Managing People, Misc
Guy Kawasaki pointed to this unbelievably good post from a woman named Pamela Slim who delivers a harsh but important message to senior management in organizations. I love her clarity, her honesty, and the content of the points she makes. We need to say this stuff...
by Jamie Notter | Apr 21, 2006 | Books and Reading, Conflict, Culture, Leadership
Trust gets mentioned a lot in organizations. I agree it is a terribly important thing, but it is often put up too high on a pedestal. You hear things like:It’s important that we trust each other here.I want you to know that I trust you completelyI wish there were more...
