by Jamie Notter | Oct 29, 2013 | Leadership
With the exception of Jeff De Cagna’s comment and Mark Athitakis’ post over at Associations Now, I haven’t seen anyone answer my question from last week: What is the job of the CEO? I’d still like to hear what people think, though I do predict...
by Jamie Notter | Oct 25, 2013 | Books and Reading, Humanize, Leadership
To complete my impromptu CEO theme of this week, today’s Humanize quote comes from Chapter 3, where we document the failures of modern management. Specifically, we take on 3 “best practices” in the management field: strategic planning, human resource...
by Jamie Notter | Oct 22, 2013 | Culture, Leadership, Learning
I had not intended to create a little CEO theme on the blog, but after Monday’s post on the role of the CEO (still looking for CEOs to weigh in on that, by the way), I came across an interesting article in the MIT Sloan Management Review about the “CEO...
by Jamie Notter | Oct 21, 2013 | Leadership
That’s not a rhetorical question. I’d like some feedback here (i.e., please comment). What, exactly, is the job of the CEO in an organization? I rarely hear it articulated, other than being “the boss” or “in charge.” I know there is...
by Jamie Notter | Oct 17, 2013 | Change, Culture, Humanize, Leadership, Social Media
I spoke at the National Association of Corporate Directors’ Board Leadership Conference this week. I was given 20 minutes on their “Innovation Stage” to talk about the relationship between social media and management. My (very short) slide deck is...
by Jamie Notter | Oct 10, 2013 | Leadership, Learning, Managing People
I know that we want it to be useful, but it isn’t. I understand the desire, though. We are constantly told that it costs tons of money to hire a new staff person. That makes turnover a very bad thing, so the metric itself can be considered a measure of failure....
