by Jamie Notter | Apr 14, 2008 | Change, Individual Development
There has been some conversation on the ASAE listserve about social responsibility and the environment: in short, can we change the way we do things (flying all over the place to attend meetings, for instance) so that we are better aligned with our goal to preserve...
by Jamie Notter | Mar 24, 2008 | Individual Development, Leadership, Managing People
There is a nice, brief article in the Forethought section of HBR this month about the issue of delivering bad news to bosses. Everyone knows that as a boss it is important to receive bad news. The dynamics of systems where that is not the case have been well...
by Jamie Notter | Mar 13, 2008 | Individual Development, Leadership
Thanks again to Ann Oliveri for pointing to a good Seth Godin post. This one gets (slightly) political, as Godin makes the case for Hillary Clinton quitting her Presidential bid. He really isn’t talking politics, though: he’s talking about how hard it is...
by Jamie Notter | Mar 10, 2008 | Individual Development, Leadership, Social Media
I liked Ben Martin’s writing about fear, and Jeff’s post about it being time to move on. They made simple and, I think, powerful arguments that the objections that are frequently raised about the risks of social media are quite easily managed. But it...
by Jamie Notter | Mar 6, 2008 | Individual Development
I find it interesting that we are reluctant to give young workers real responsibility because they lack "experience." True, they will make mistakes and learn from them, but I think they are a LOT smarter than we give them credit for, generally. Take a look,...
by Jamie Notter | Feb 20, 2008 | Individual Development, Leadership
Several cross-sections of my life seem to be intersecting this week around the theme of "paradox." Here are two of the dictionary.com definitions of the word, paradox:1. a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality...
