by Jamie Notter | Apr 8, 2015 | Culture, Leadership, Managing People
I was talking to a friend yesterday who got into trouble at work because when one of his superiors needed him for something, he wasn’t at his desk. Apparently the organization is “cracking down” and making sure people are at their desks, working,...
by Jamie Notter | Jan 28, 2015 | Inclusion and Diversity, Leadership, Managing People, Truth
It’s not a random collection of your “best” people. We tend to think that putting the smartest, most capable people together on a team is the best decision, but some research I saw reported in the New York Times says otherwise. High IQs of team...
by Jamie Notter | Jan 27, 2015 | Culture, Leadership
Maddie and I worked with a client last week on the topic of member engagement, and one of the insights that was particularly useful to this group was the idea that engagement is a two-way street. When we think about engagement–which could mean customers,...
by Jamie Notter | Jan 7, 2015 | Change, Individual Development, Leadership
…the first thing you do, is stop digging. Don’t get in the way of your own progress. Your own behavior is actually the piece of the puzzle over which you have the most control, so take advantage of that. When faced with a problem, don’t rush to...
by Jamie Notter | Dec 30, 2014 | Culture, Leadership, Managing People
One of my idols is Gary Hamel, and he declared this year that bureaucracy must die. I’m sure he’ll get a lot of support for that sentiment, since we have been hating bureaucracy since we invented the word (it has ALWAYS had a pejorative undertone), and we...
by Jamie Notter | Dec 8, 2014 | Conflict, Leadership, Truth
There is a down side to this wonderful human brain that we all have in our heads, and that is that sometimes we can spend too much of our time living up there in our heads, and not down here in reality. This is particularly true when you face a challenge–a...
