by Jamie Notter | Sep 9, 2009 | Individual Development, Leadership
I've always told myself that I like theory. I did my Master's degree in conflict resolution at George Mason University, and I remember talking to colleagues of mine in the conflict resolution field who weren't so sure about the program because it was too...
by Jamie Notter | Sep 9, 2009 | Individual Development, Leadership
I've always told myself that I like theory. I did my Master's degree in conflict resolution at George Mason University, and I remember talking to colleagues of mine in the conflict resolution field who weren't so sure about the program because it was too...
by Jamie Notter | Sep 4, 2009 | Leadership, Strategy
This month's case study in Associations Now is about a Board member who feels his Special Interest Group isn't getting enough attention/resources from the association, so he threatens to start his own association. My friends KiKi L'Italien and Jay Karen...
by Jamie Notter | Sep 1, 2009 | Individual Development, Leadership
I ran my own consulting business for seven years, so technically I was a CEO then, but I had never been in the CEO role within an association until June 2008, when I took a position at Management Solutions Plus, an association management company. Part of my...
by Jamie Notter | Aug 13, 2009 | Leadership
Bob Corlett pointed me to an article by Henry Mintzberg that challenges the distinction between Leadership and Management. He argues that the financial crisis we are experiencing is at least partly due to "leaders" who considered themselves above the nitty...
by Jamie Notter | Jul 22, 2009 | Leadership, Truth
John Maeda and Becky Bermont (from the Rhode Island School of Design) wrote a nice blog post about transparency and clarity.I've written about transparency before, suggesting, as some others have, that radical transparency would have value. I have implied on more...