by Jamie Notter | Dec 17, 2019 | Culture, Free Resources, Leadership
In case you missed it, Maddie and I released a new white paper earlier this month about our new maturity model for culture management. The title of the paper is the same as this blog post, The New Work of Culture, and we chose that title because we’re trying to wake...
by Jamie Notter | Apr 4, 2019 | Culture, Leadership
Take a minute and look at your organization from the 30,000-foot level. You’ll see that you have a number of key functions that need to be managed well if you’re going to thrive. Some of them are infrastructure functions, like financial management. Some of them will...
by Jamie Notter | Jan 23, 2019 | Consulting, Leadership, Strategy
I was talking with a colleague the other day who said that in her experience, management retreats usually ended up at one of two extremes: either they were stellar and everyone loved them, or they were a disaster and people ended up quitting at the end. That may be a...
by Jamie Notter | Jan 14, 2019 | Books and Reading, Change, Culture, Leadership
One of my mantras is that workplace culture isn’t as complicated, difficult, vague, etc. as we make it out to be. I’m not saying it’s super simple and easy, but it’s definitely something we all can handle. And since we push it away as “too complex,” we lack a tangible...
by Jamie Notter | Sep 20, 2018 | Books and Reading, Culture, Leadership, Strategy
EOS (Entrepreneurial Operating System) is a concept put forward by Gino Wickman in his book, Traction, and it is popular with many leaders. It’s a framework for leadership that includes some very clear processes for assigning roles, holding people accountable...
by Jamie Notter | Aug 9, 2018 | Collaboration, Culture, Leadership, Transparency
Nearly every organization we work with confronts an important question at some point in their culture journey: Should they strive for one, uniform culture? Or should they let multiple cultures develop inside the organization? The answer (as frustrating as this can be)...
