by Jamie Notter | Apr 22, 2008 | Generational Diversity, Leadership, Managing People
I listened to a virtual seminar last week that ASAE & The Center put on about engaging members and staff of younger generations. Since I have a book on the topic, I was interested to hear how this author, Michael Muetzel, tackled the subject. I am pleased to...
by Jamie Notter | Apr 15, 2008 | Change, Leadership
Last week I blogged about people versus systems, and Jeff De Cagna added the following comment:Jamie, let’s take this conversation into the volunteer realm, in which associations do not have all of the flexibility they would like in choosing "the...
by Jamie Notter | Apr 11, 2008 | Leadership, Managing People
Chris Bailey wrote a nice post a few days ago about systems versus people. He quotes two of my favorite authors, Pfeffer and Sutton, who argue that systems will trump individual effort, so before you fire that bad person, try redesigning systems or jobs. Steve Roesler...
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 17, 2008 | Leadership
Mike Mason called me out on Twitter to post about the meeting I went to this morning at ASAE & The Center about Board-Staff communication, so here goes. There were two association CEOs presenting, one of whom brought the current Board chair with her to add to the...
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...
