by Jamie Notter | Aug 30, 2005 | Leadership
I have been arguing for years that managing human dynamics in organizations is critical to bottom line success, so I was pleased to see an article in September’s Fast Company that cited some research that substantiates that claim. Sisodia, Sheth, and Wolfe recently...
by Jamie Notter | Aug 8, 2005 | Individual Development, Leadership
More thoughts on Quinn’s HBR article on the “Fundamental State of Leadership.” To repeat, Quinn believes that leaders have access to a “fundamental state,” where their leadership is truly authentic and more powerful. Instead, however, we have been programmed to be...
by Jamie Notter | Aug 2, 2005 | Individual Development, Leadership
The July/August issue of Harvard Business Review has some great articles in it. One good one is on the “strategy-performance gap.” Since the only strategy work I do is with my colleague Jeff De Cagna through our joint venture, Association Renewal LLC, I blogged about...
by Jamie Notter | Jul 26, 2005 | Individual Development, Leadership
I promised to blog more about Orbiting the Giant Hairball, by Gordon MacKenzie, so here goes. The penultimate chapter in the book is titled “Pool Hall Dog.” MacKenzie describes a scene he witnessed in a pool hall where a playful dog would actually reach his mouth into...
by Jamie Notter | Jul 15, 2005 | Leadership
In reaction to my proud promise that I would do NO WORK at all for one week during our family vacation next week, my eight-year-old replied: "Dad, grownups really need summer vacations." Amen.
by Jamie Notter | Jul 9, 2005 | Leadership
For my birthday last month, I got a great book by Gordon MacKenzie, called “Orbiting the Giant Hairball: A Corporate Fool’s Guide to Surviving with Grace.” MacKenzie worked at Hallmark cards (when you care enough to send the very best) for thirty years, and his last...
