by Jamie Notter | Mar 2, 2009 | Leadership
Jeff and I had great fun doing the “Leadership Lessons from 80s Music” session in Miami at the Great Ideas Conference this year. We had 40 people come to the session, and I was very impressed with the depth of 80s music knowledge in the room.Of course, 80s music is...
by Jamie Notter | Feb 9, 2009 | Generational Diversity, Leadership
Several weeks ago, Eric Lanke, who is the Executive Director of the National Fluid Power Association, reached out to me with an idea to start a dialogue. Like me, Eric is a Generation X leader who has noticed that most of the conversation about generations seems to be...
by Jamie Notter | Feb 2, 2009 | Individual Development, Leadership
Freedom is quite obviously a good thing. Everyone wants it, and I think most would argue that we all deserve it. We deserve to be free.The most common story about freedom is of an oppressed group struggling for, and finally attaining freedom, so in general I think we...
by Jamie Notter | Jan 26, 2009 | Individual Development, Leadership
Good leadership (wherever you are in the organization) requires a greater level of awareness. Awareness of yourself, of the situation, of the history, of the dynamics, of the trends, of the organization's capacity, etc. Borrowing from Peter Senge, I define...
by Jamie Notter | Dec 10, 2008 | Change, Leadership, Social Media
The October HBR is chock full of "myth of control" articles. I mentioned a small one yesterday, but the lead article by Scott Cook of Intuit (maker of Quicken) is all about "harnessing the masses" by building "user contribution systems."...
by Jamie Notter | Dec 9, 2008 | Leadership, Managing People, Social Media
Given the push back I get when I suggest thinking about why we keep salary figures secret, I wonder what the reaction will be to the piece in the October Harvard Business Review where Dave Balter, CEO of BzzAgent describes his approach to what he calls "radical...
