by Jamie Notter | Jan 22, 2007 | Change, Leadership
As a follow up to last week’s post about leadership and culture, I’ll point to yet another article in this month’s HBR (this month’s issue is certainly a keeper!). It’s actually a “best of” article that was originally published in 1995 by John Kotter on “why...
by Jamie Notter | Jan 18, 2007 | Leadership
The case study in HBR this month is about leadership competency models. I have to say, very few things make me care less than the term “competency model.” In theory I understand they are important—they identify the skills and behaviors you are looking for in...
by Jamie Notter | Jan 17, 2007 | Conflict, Leadership
This month’s Harvard Business Review has a section up front that is a collection of short essays by business leaders—actual CEOs and executive from high powered corporations. I am extremely impressed with the wisdom they collected. I have already pointed out a quote...
by Jamie Notter | Jan 16, 2007 | Conflict, Individual Development, Leadership, Managing People
At the end of my session Friday, the group asked if I had any final words of wisdom. I like to respond to those requests, even though I don’t have a “stock” answer prepared ahead of time. And although I didn’t make the connection as I was saying it, what I came up...
by Jamie Notter | Dec 21, 2006 | Leadership, Managing People
I love Margaret Wheatley’s writing, and she has a great article in Associations Now this month. Really, you should read the whole thing. Herre’s my favorite quote:Many of our frequent and recurring failures in organizations are a consequence of miscomprehending the...
by Jamie Notter | Dec 12, 2006 | Leadership, Managing People
Here are some words of “wisdom” from an article in Forum magazine:CEOs should delegate and should avoid micromanaging. But they should never fail to supervise. The buck stops with the CEO. They ultimately are responsible, not the person to whom a matter was delegated....
