by Jamie Notter | Jun 12, 2006 | Leadership, Managing People
Ben Martin at the CAE Blog recently put out an idea and invited those of us writing the "We’ve Always Done It That Way" blog to expand upon it. I took the challenge and wrote a post about the tendency in associations to focus on the ends and ignore the...
by Jamie Notter | May 30, 2006 | Leadership, Managing People
Please check out this great post on the Fast Company blog about the power of starting new behavior, rather than trying to stop old behavior. Here’s a snippet:One place this idea can be important is in changing one’s management style. Often I have clients...
by Jamie Notter | May 24, 2006 | Culture, Leadership
There’s another story in Fast Company this month about two leaders who did a massive turnaround at an advertising company. One of the leaders was shocked to find that the rising stars in the organization not only didn’t work together much—some of them hadn’t met each...
by Jamie Notter | May 10, 2006 | Culture, Leadership, Managing People, Misc
Guy Kawasaki pointed to this unbelievably good post from a woman named Pamela Slim who delivers a harsh but important message to senior management in organizations. I love her clarity, her honesty, and the content of the points she makes. We need to say this stuff...
by Jamie Notter | Apr 27, 2006 | Leadership
I was happy to see a letter to the editor in this month’s Harvard Business Review that challenged the “Great Intimidator” article that I wrote about last month. Walter Carleton gave voice to my frustration with the article, pointing out that citing Richard Nixon,...
by Jamie Notter | Apr 21, 2006 | Books and Reading, Conflict, Culture, Leadership
Trust gets mentioned a lot in organizations. I agree it is a terribly important thing, but it is often put up too high on a pedestal. You hear things like:It’s important that we trust each other here.I want you to know that I trust you completelyI wish there were more...
